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: 46.8,-94.45 Latitude: 46.80 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 967 420 28.2 23.8 77 4.4 24.9 171 7 304.2 307.8 299.2 362.6 19.55 2 950 580 26.8 23.1 80 3.8 24.0 176 12 304.4 308.0 299.0 361.3 19.03 3 900 1056 22.5 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 190 17 304.7 308.2 299.0 361.7 19.09 4 850 1553 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 215 22 306.0 309.0 297.6 354.7 16.24 5 800 2072 15.0 12.1 82 3.0 13.1 240 21 307.2 309.3 294.5 340.8 11.13 6 750 2616 12.4 -1.2 39 13.6 5.3 256 23 310.0 310.9 290.1 324.5 4.66 7 700 3190 8.4 -9.8 26 18.2 0.5 265 28 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.1 2.59 8 650 3797 3.6 -3.4 60 6.9 0.1 260 32 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.60 9 600 4440 -1.6 -3.5 87 1.9 -2.6 256 34 314.2 315.2 291.7 329.8 4.92 10 550 5127 -6.3 -9.6 78 3.2 -7.7 259 37 316.6 317.2 291.0 327.5 3.36 11 500 5865 -11.7 -19.4 53 7.7 -14.0 261 38 318.8 319.2 290.1 324.4 1.65 12 450 6665 -16.3 -31.1 27 14.8 -19.4 263 35 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.63 13 400 7540 -22.0 -46.1 9 24.1 -24.9 272 36 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.15 14 350 8508 -29.0 -53.1 8 24.1 -31.0 282 38 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.08 15 300 9591 -37.6 -54.8 15 17.2 -38.6 292 45 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 16 250 10823 -47.2 -59.1 24 12.0 -47.6 298 49 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 17 200 12266 -55.0 -65.7 25 10.7 -55.2 280 39 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14098 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 260 26 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16676 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 239 12 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.04 m Freezing level: 615.58 mb = 4239.75 m = 13909.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.46 mb = 3828.15 m = 12559.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.16 mb = 976.74 m = 3204.48 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 41.61 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.11 mb = 1142.55 m = 3748.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -12.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.97 C Showalter Index: -10.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 30.42 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 662.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4742.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 97.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.10 mb = 1113.44 m = 3652.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.10 mb = 1162.20 m = 3812.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.10 mb = 13334.81 m = 43748.85 ft B at Equ Level: 4721.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.77 Bulk Rich Number: 47.85 Bulk Shear: 99.12 m/s