MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-94.17 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -94.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 971 405 23.3 17.9 72 5.4 19.6 162 8 298.9 301.3 293.8 337.9 13.37 2 950 598 21.3 16.2 73 5.0 17.9 163 12 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.6 12.29 3 900 1064 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.7 165 13 298.8 301.0 292.8 334.0 12.11 4 850 1548 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 181 17 299.4 301.4 292.0 330.9 10.76 5 800 2055 10.0 8.8 93 1.1 9.3 198 20 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.3 8.95 6 750 2590 7.4 5.1 85 2.4 6.1 190 17 304.6 306.0 290.8 326.8 7.35 7 700 3156 4.7 2.9 88 1.8 3.7 189 14 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.4 6.77 8 650 3757 1.2 -0.7 87 1.9 0.2 184 13 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.7 5.59 9 600 4397 -2.5 -4.0 90 1.5 -3.2 197 11 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.3 4.76 10 550 5083 -6.7 -8.2 89 1.5 -7.4 229 7 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.1 3.73 11 500 5821 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.2 -12.5 270 8 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.35 12 450 6624 -15.6 -23.0 53 7.5 -17.6 262 11 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.3 1.33 13 400 7500 -22.3 -27.9 61 5.5 -23.5 269 13 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.4 0.97 14 350 8466 -29.5 -48.2 15 18.8 -31.2 299 14 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.14 15 300 9546 -38.2 -45.4 47 7.2 -38.8 306 21 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10774 -47.9 -59.4 25 11.5 -48.2 313 21 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 17 200 12214 -55.0 -69.2 16 14.2 -55.2 308 26 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14054 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 316 19 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16618 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 332 18 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.92 m Freezing level: 633.54 mb = 3967.77 m = 13017.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3792.50 m = 12442.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.19 mb = 1090.15 m = 3576.58 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1291.06 m = 4235.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.22 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 427.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.52 mb = 1258.70 m = 4129.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.52 mb = 1307.02 m = 4288.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.52 mb = 10143.69 m = 33279.41 ft B at Equ Level: 426.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.52 mb = 12729.05 m = 41761.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.3 neg: -17.2 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 68.10 Bulk Shear: 6.27 m/s