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: 47.57,-94.79 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -94.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 966 422 28.3 21.5 66 6.9 23.3 195 9 304.5 307.6 297.7 354.9 16.91 2 950 572 27.0 20.5 68 6.5 22.3 198 15 304.6 307.6 297.3 352.8 16.17 3 900 1048 22.5 19.3 82 3.2 20.2 203 20 304.7 307.6 297.1 351.9 15.85 4 850 1543 18.3 17.1 92 1.2 17.5 210 22 305.4 308.1 296.4 349.0 14.59 5 800 2060 14.5 10.5 77 4.0 12.0 236 22 306.6 308.5 293.5 336.9 10.02 6 750 2603 10.8 1.9 54 8.8 5.9 257 28 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.3 5.87 7 700 3174 7.7 -13.0 21 20.7 -0.6 263 34 311.0 311.4 287.9 317.5 2.00 8 650 3779 3.4 -7.5 44 11.0 -1.5 262 44 312.8 313.5 289.8 323.5 3.33 9 600 4422 -1.4 -12.6 42 11.2 -5.7 258 44 314.6 315.0 289.5 322.5 2.43 10 550 5110 -5.8 -21.2 28 15.4 -10.5 260 39 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.6 1.28 11 500 5848 -11.1 -29.2 21 18.1 -15.3 258 32 319.5 319.7 289.3 321.9 0.69 12 450 6648 -16.4 -38.6 13 22.2 -20.1 269 29 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.30 13 400 7522 -22.6 -43.1 14 20.4 -25.2 281 29 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.21 14 350 8488 -29.4 -51.0 11 21.6 -31.3 288 32 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.10 15 300 9569 -38.3 -52.4 21 14.1 -39.2 296 39 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 16 250 10797 -47.5 -60.5 21 13.0 -47.9 304 48 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 17 200 12242 -53.5 -69.8 12 16.4 -53.8 287 37 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14088 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 257 21 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16671 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 231 13 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.94 m Freezing level: 614.19 mb = 4239.85 m = 13910.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.76 mb = 3117.52 m = 10227.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.88 mb = 1292.95 m = 4241.91 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 37.41 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1526.98 m = 5009.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -8.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.47 C Showalter Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 28.19 C K Index: 25.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3176.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.51 mb = 1446.51 m = 4745.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.51 mb = 1598.19 m = 5243.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.51 mb = 12759.50 m = 41861.38 ft B at Equ Level: 3136.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.94 Bulk Rich Number: 36.72 Bulk Shear: 86.49 m/s