MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.79,-92.78 Latitude: 46.79 Longitude: -92.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 155 SFC 972 402 22.4 21.8 96 0.7 22.0 149 9 298.0 301.1 296.1 347.7 17.11 2 950 603 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 161 20 298.6 301.7 296.0 347.0 16.60 3 900 1072 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 192 29 301.8 304.4 295.3 344.0 14.31 4 850 1563 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 231 23 304.2 306.6 295.0 343.0 13.03 5 800 2079 14.1 12.5 90 1.7 13.0 256 21 306.2 308.3 294.4 340.6 11.43 6 750 2622 10.8 9.0 89 1.7 9.7 258 26 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.6 9.67 7 700 3194 7.5 2.5 70 5.0 4.6 272 24 310.8 312.0 292.0 331.0 6.54 8 650 3800 3.0 -0.3 79 3.4 1.3 273 29 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.4 5.75 9 600 4443 -1.7 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.0 269 31 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.58 10 550 5131 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.2 -7.2 266 40 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.4 3.66 11 500 5868 -11.5 -16.6 66 5.1 -13.2 265 43 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.0 2.08 12 450 6666 -17.2 -25.0 51 7.8 -19.1 251 41 321.6 321.8 290.4 325.4 1.11 13 400 7540 -22.0 -39.7 18 17.8 -24.6 248 41 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.30 14 350 8508 -29.2 -45.7 19 16.5 -30.9 242 42 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.18 15 300 9590 -37.5 -49.9 26 12.4 -38.4 234 41 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10825 -46.5 -53.2 46 6.7 -46.8 218 39 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.11 17 200 12266 -56.5 -62.5 46 6.1 -56.6 232 41 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14104 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 263 18 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 242 10 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.92 m Freezing level: 618.04 mb = 4211.19 m = 13816.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3982.82 m = 13066.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.76 mb = 486.63 m = 1596.53 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 22.25 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1354.27 m = 4443.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.87 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2030.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.50 mb = 1018.86 m = 3342.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.50 mb = 1968.14 m = 6457.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.50 mb = 12576.62 m = 41261.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1988.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.50 mb = 14989.09 m = 49176.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.27 Bulk Shear: 165.47 m/s