MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.61,-94.24 Latitude: 46.61 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 972 389 23.7 22.3 92 1.4 22.8 171 6 299.3 302.5 296.8 351.1 17.73 2 950 592 22.1 21.4 96 0.7 21.6 178 14 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.7 17.12 3 900 1062 20.1 18.0 88 2.0 18.7 202 29 302.2 304.9 295.6 345.4 14.62 4 850 1555 18.4 16.8 90 1.7 17.3 235 29 305.4 308.1 296.2 348.1 14.26 5 800 2074 15.1 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 238 28 307.3 309.6 295.3 343.9 12.14 6 750 2619 12.8 6.9 67 5.9 9.2 245 19 310.4 312.0 293.3 336.1 8.34 7 700 3196 9.4 1.0 56 8.3 4.8 249 21 312.9 314.0 292.1 331.3 5.89 8 650 3805 4.2 0.2 75 4.0 2.0 261 23 313.7 314.8 292.4 332.5 5.98 9 600 4450 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.1 -2.4 276 32 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.1 4.73 10 550 5139 -5.8 -9.9 73 4.0 -7.5 276 40 317.1 317.8 291.1 327.9 3.29 11 500 5878 -10.7 -18.3 53 7.6 -13.1 270 37 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.2 1.81 12 450 6679 -16.8 -24.2 53 7.4 -18.7 272 36 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.2 1.20 13 400 7553 -22.0 -43.8 12 21.7 -24.8 274 36 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 14 350 8521 -28.8 -47.1 16 18.3 -30.6 281 39 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 15 300 9604 -37.9 -53.3 18 15.4 -38.8 285 44 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 16 250 10831 -48.5 -58.2 31 9.8 -48.8 277 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12267 -56.1 -65.2 31 9.0 -56.3 259 37 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14095 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 270 25 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16672 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 207 4 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.85 m Freezing level: 609.38 mb = 4329.15 m = 14203.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.41 mb = 4089.94 m = 13418.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.10 mb = 563.68 m = 1849.32 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1567.08 m = 5141.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 27.41 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 544.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2395.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.64 mb = 1036.67 m = 3401.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.64 mb = 2872.08 m = 9422.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.64 mb = 12672.86 m = 41577.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2365.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.64 mb = 15640.02 m = 51311.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.0 neg: -24.2 tot: 261.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.15 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 100.31 m/s