MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 47.55,-99.16 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -99.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 958 474 21.4 10.4 49 11.0 14.7 174 8 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.5 8.28 2 950 544 20.3 9.4 49 10.9 13.7 174 9 297.8 299.2 288.9 320.7 7.81 3 900 1007 15.7 8.3 61 7.4 11.4 177 9 297.7 299.1 288.8 320.1 7.67 4 850 1488 11.1 7.4 78 3.6 9.0 179 9 297.7 299.1 288.8 320.1 7.64 5 800 1990 6.2 5.6 96 0.7 5.9 185 9 297.8 299.1 288.3 318.7 7.14 6 750 2516 2.7 -0.6 79 3.3 1.1 205 6 299.5 300.4 286.8 314.1 4.88 7 700 3071 0.2 -9.0 50 9.2 -3.5 214 6 302.7 303.2 285.8 311.3 2.76 8 650 3662 -1.6 -36.0 5 34.4 -8.8 259 5 307.2 307.2 284.6 308.2 0.27 9 600 4295 -4.9 -40.3 4 35.4 -11.5 291 6 310.4 310.5 285.7 311.1 0.19 10 550 4973 -8.9 -38.6 7 29.7 -14.3 310 10 313.5 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.25 11 500 5702 -14.4 -36.5 14 22.0 -18.3 302 9 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.34 12 450 6491 -20.4 -37.3 21 16.9 -23.0 314 9 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.34 13 400 7350 -26.8 -46.6 14 19.8 -28.7 313 13 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.7 0.14 14 350 8298 -33.8 -50.5 17 16.6 -35.0 329 13 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.6 0.11 15 300 9360 -42.4 -47.8 56 5.4 -42.7 350 16 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.17 16 250 10564 -52.3 -58.8 45 6.5 -52.5 347 19 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.05 17 200 11976 -58.6 -68.3 28 9.7 -58.7 314 20 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 18 150 13799 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 278 27 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16392 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 282 20 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.53 m Freezing level: 694.16 mb = 3140.23 m = 10302.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.25 mb = 2643.15 m = 8671.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.93 % Est. max temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.23 mb = 1854.39 m = 6083.88 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1929.78 m = 6331.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.78 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 23.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.21 mb = 1926.15 m = 6319.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.21 mb = 1977.67 m = 6488.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.21 mb = 3288.21 m = 10787.97 ft B at Equ Level: 25.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 621.21 mb = 4020.14 m = 13189.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 12.99 m/s