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,-94.31 Latitude: 46.61 Longitude: -94.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 394 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 171 7 299.3 302.5 296.9 351.3 17.81 2 950 592 22.0 21.4 96 0.6 21.6 178 14 299.6 302.7 296.5 349.7 17.17 3 900 1061 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 203 29 302.2 304.9 295.7 345.7 14.73 4 850 1555 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.3 235 29 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.3 14.31 5 800 2073 15.4 13.1 86 2.3 13.8 239 27 307.6 309.8 295.1 343.5 11.90 6 750 2619 12.9 6.4 65 6.5 9.0 246 19 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.4 8.07 7 700 3196 9.4 0.7 55 8.6 4.6 248 21 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.0 5.78 8 650 3805 4.2 0.4 76 3.8 2.1 261 23 313.7 314.8 292.4 332.7 6.05 9 600 4450 -0.9 -3.5 82 2.7 -2.1 275 32 315.1 316.1 291.9 330.8 4.92 10 550 5139 -6.0 -8.9 80 2.9 -7.2 276 41 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.4 3.54 11 500 5878 -10.7 -17.1 60 6.3 -12.9 270 37 320.0 320.3 290.7 326.7 2.01 12 450 6678 -16.8 -23.7 55 6.9 -18.6 271 36 322.1 322.3 290.7 326.4 1.25 13 400 7553 -22.0 -43.6 12 21.6 -24.8 274 36 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 14 350 8521 -28.7 -46.4 17 17.6 -30.6 281 39 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.17 15 300 9604 -37.9 -52.9 19 15.0 -38.8 286 44 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 16 250 10831 -48.5 -58.1 32 9.6 -48.8 279 38 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12267 -56.1 -65.3 31 9.2 -56.3 260 36 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 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 -57.4 208 4 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.27 m Freezing level: 608.50 mb = 4340.44 m = 14240.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4119.52 m = 13515.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.74 mb = 557.22 m = 1828.14 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1562.69 m = 5126.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -7.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 27.54 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2435.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.13 mb = 1031.22 m = 3383.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.13 mb = 2866.31 m = 9403.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.13 mb = 12656.17 m = 41522.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2408.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.13 mb = 15613.41 m = 51224.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 285.7 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): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.2 neg: -25.5 tot: 257.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 24.32 Bulk Shear: 100.14 m/s