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: 49.03,-93.68 Latitude: 49.03 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 971 372 26.0 21.3 75 4.7 22.6 171 11 301.7 304.7 296.8 350.8 16.65 2 950 560 24.2 20.5 80 3.7 21.6 175 19 301.8 304.7 296.5 349.4 16.17 3 900 1031 20.1 18.9 93 1.2 19.3 195 25 302.2 305.1 296.2 348.0 15.49 4 850 1523 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.1 226 31 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.7 13.23 5 800 2039 13.4 11.9 90 1.6 12.4 242 31 305.4 307.5 293.9 338.4 10.98 6 750 2579 9.5 4.9 73 4.7 6.9 256 34 306.9 308.3 291.5 329.0 7.26 7 700 3148 6.5 -3.1 50 9.6 1.8 259 35 309.7 310.5 289.8 323.2 4.34 8 650 3753 3.4 -7.1 46 10.5 -1.3 259 33 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.9 3.46 9 600 4397 -0.6 -15.6 31 15.0 -6.1 259 29 315.4 315.8 289.3 321.7 1.89 10 550 5085 -5.7 -16.4 43 10.7 -9.4 256 26 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.94 11 500 5824 -10.4 -32.9 14 22.5 -15.3 258 25 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.48 12 450 6627 -15.8 -33.3 21 17.5 -19.3 260 21 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.51 13 400 7503 -22.2 -34.7 31 12.6 -24.4 276 17 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.50 14 350 8467 -30.6 -37.6 50 7.0 -31.5 289 17 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.43 15 300 9543 -39.0 -42.6 69 3.6 -39.3 265 17 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.5 0.30 16 250 10765 -49.1 -54.1 56 5.0 -49.3 243 22 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 17 200 12211 -51.3 -71.0 8 19.8 -51.7 244 28 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14080 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 250 18 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16671 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 233 12 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.90 m Freezing level: 607.64 mb = 4298.53 m = 14102.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.38 mb = 3488.82 m = 11446.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.98 mb = 963.75 m = 3161.88 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 27.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1291.06 m = 4235.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.66 C Showalter Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2627.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.56 mb = 1150.98 m = 3776.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.56 mb = 1497.54 m = 4913.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.56 mb = 12128.25 m = 39790.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2602.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.56 mb = 15915.33 m = 52215.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 314.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.82 Bulk Rich Number: 26.56 Bulk Shear: 98.95 m/s