MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.41,-94.39 Latitude: 46.41 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 973 386 25.5 21.5 79 4.0 22.6 168 12 300.9 304.0 296.7 350.4 16.83 2 950 599 23.4 19.4 79 3.9 20.6 171 20 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.4 15.13 3 900 1069 18.9 18.0 94 0.9 18.3 174 24 301.0 303.7 295.3 343.8 14.57 4 850 1558 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 193 29 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.7 12.58 5 800 2072 13.0 12.1 95 0.9 12.4 225 30 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.4 11.17 6 750 2613 10.2 9.1 93 1.1 9.5 239 27 307.6 309.5 293.6 337.1 9.70 7 700 3185 7.9 4.8 81 3.1 6.1 272 18 311.3 312.7 293.1 335.1 7.72 8 650 3793 3.9 -7.9 42 11.8 -1.4 272 19 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.8 3.24 9 600 4437 -1.3 -6.3 68 5.1 -3.6 265 25 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.3 3.96 10 550 5124 -6.5 -12.2 64 5.6 -8.7 271 29 316.3 316.9 290.3 325.3 2.73 11 500 5862 -10.9 -16.6 63 5.7 -12.8 276 30 319.7 320.1 290.8 326.7 2.09 12 450 6663 -16.9 -21.6 67 4.7 -18.2 273 28 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.1 1.51 13 400 7534 -23.7 -32.0 46 8.3 -25.2 272 27 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.65 14 350 8495 -30.4 -46.1 20 15.6 -31.9 272 26 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.18 15 300 9571 -38.9 -52.2 23 13.4 -39.6 266 21 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 16 250 10797 -48.3 -59.1 27 10.8 -48.6 248 17 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12239 -54.2 -65.7 23 11.4 -54.5 264 27 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14087 -53.3 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 237 24 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 220 14 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.54 m Freezing level: 612.25 mb = 4279.59 m = 14040.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.24 mb = 3677.37 m = 12064.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.89 mb = 888.69 m = 2915.62 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 26.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1190.69 m = 3906.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2117.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.59 mb = 1149.41 m = 3770.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.59 mb = 1294.63 m = 4247.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.59 mb = 12029.38 m = 39466.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2111.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.59 mb = 15167.38 m = 49761.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 279.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.58 Bulk Rich Number: 21.10 Bulk Shear: 100.35 m/s