MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 52.86,-97.28 Latitude: 52.86 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 224 27.8 16.1 49 11.8 19.9 236 9 301.8 303.9 293.4 336.2 11.67 2 950 594 23.6 12.7 50 11.0 16.6 238 14 301.2 303.0 291.7 329.9 9.73 3 900 1063 19.8 9.0 50 10.8 13.2 244 17 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.8 8.04 4 850 1551 15.5 7.5 59 8.0 10.7 246 16 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.3 7.68 5 800 2062 11.0 5.6 69 5.4 7.9 244 14 302.9 304.2 290.0 324.2 7.13 6 750 2596 7.0 -0.4 59 7.4 3.2 250 12 304.1 305.0 288.5 319.2 4.94 7 700 3161 5.2 -13.5 24 18.7 -2.0 262 14 308.2 308.6 286.9 314.4 1.92 8 650 3763 3.1 -25.6 10 28.7 -5.3 270 15 312.5 312.7 287.1 315.0 0.73 9 600 4406 -0.9 -23.5 16 22.5 -7.7 278 15 315.0 315.2 288.2 318.3 0.96 10 550 5093 -5.6 -30.5 12 24.9 -11.6 281 17 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.4 0.55 11 500 5833 -10.3 -38.4 8 28.0 -15.6 277 20 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.28 12 450 6634 -16.3 -40.9 10 24.6 -20.1 269 24 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.24 13 400 7508 -23.0 -46.0 10 23.0 -25.7 271 25 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.15 14 350 8469 -31.1 -49.9 14 18.8 -32.6 274 27 326.8 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 15 300 9541 -40.2 -52.0 27 11.8 -40.8 275 26 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.10 16 250 10759 -49.3 -60.2 27 10.9 -49.7 291 20 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12194 -55.4 -66.3 24 10.9 -55.6 295 27 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14033 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 324 29 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16598 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 349 25 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.61 m Freezing level: 611.48 mb = 4257.99 m = 13969.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.47 mb = 2936.27 m = 9633.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.68 mb = 1704.56 m = 5592.33 ft T: 14.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 21.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2278.92 m = 7476.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 14.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 230.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.05 mb = 2061.27 m = 6762.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.05 mb = 2540.63 m = 8335.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.05 mb = 2760.97 m = 9058.20 ft B at Equ Level: 0.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.05 mb = 2873.07 m = 9425.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -7.3 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s