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: 50.12,-93.97 Latitude: 50.12 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 969 364 25.7 21.3 77 4.4 22.5 171 8 301.6 304.6 296.8 350.6 16.66 2 950 540 23.9 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 177 13 301.4 304.4 296.4 348.9 16.14 3 900 1011 19.8 18.4 91 1.4 18.8 201 24 301.9 304.7 295.7 345.9 14.92 4 850 1502 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 221 32 303.5 305.9 294.6 340.9 12.56 5 800 2017 13.1 11.1 88 2.0 11.8 236 34 305.1 307.0 293.4 336.2 10.40 6 750 2557 9.3 6.3 82 3.0 7.6 245 37 306.7 308.2 292.0 331.0 8.04 7 700 3126 6.1 1.0 70 5.1 3.4 244 37 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.4 5.89 8 650 3729 2.9 -6.1 51 9.0 -1.3 244 36 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.0 3.71 9 600 4373 -0.7 -13.1 39 12.4 -5.5 244 35 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.9 2.32 10 550 5062 -4.9 -19.7 30 14.8 -9.7 241 33 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.3 1.46 11 500 5804 -9.6 -21.8 36 12.2 -13.2 241 33 321.3 321.6 290.5 325.9 1.34 12 450 6609 -15.2 -28.6 31 13.4 -18.3 246 32 324.1 324.2 290.9 326.9 0.80 13 400 7486 -21.9 -38.8 20 16.9 -24.4 258 30 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.33 14 350 8452 -30.0 -44.3 24 14.3 -31.4 269 28 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 15 300 9528 -39.5 -47.8 41 8.3 -40.1 267 26 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10747 -49.0 -59.8 27 10.8 -49.3 254 28 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12194 -51.2 -72.6 6 21.3 -51.7 246 28 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14067 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 236 18 383.9 383.9 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 240 10 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.50 m Freezing level: 610.01 mb = 4243.62 m = 13922.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.71 mb = 3558.94 m = 11676.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.85 mb = 925.59 m = 3036.69 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1241.49 m = 4073.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.67 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2332.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.69 mb = 1138.85 m = 3736.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.69 mb = 1384.74 m = 4543.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.69 mb = 11825.89 m = 38798.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2327.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.69 mb = 15408.61 m = 50552.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 276.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.93 Bulk Rich Number: 25.59 Bulk Shear: 91.13 m/s