MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 45.84,-94.28 Latitude: 45.84 Longitude: -94.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 349 23.4 17.1 67 6.4 19.1 153 12 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.4 12.64 2 950 588 20.5 15.5 73 5.1 17.2 155 16 298.0 300.2 292.3 332.1 11.71 3 900 1052 16.2 14.1 87 2.1 14.8 165 19 298.2 300.2 292.0 331.1 11.31 4 850 1537 13.4 10.7 83 2.8 11.7 191 24 300.2 302.0 291.2 328.3 9.54 5 800 2045 10.4 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 196 20 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.6 9.58 6 750 2582 8.4 7.4 93 1.0 7.8 213 20 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.8 8.65 7 700 3150 5.2 3.5 89 1.7 4.2 208 17 308.3 309.6 291.7 329.8 7.06 8 650 3751 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 205 14 310.8 311.8 291.3 328.7 5.78 9 600 4392 -2.1 -3.2 92 1.1 -2.7 231 11 313.7 314.6 291.6 329.6 5.03 10 550 5079 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.3 -7.7 269 12 316.5 317.2 291.0 327.4 3.33 11 500 5816 -11.5 -23.5 36 12.0 -14.7 283 15 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.0 1.15 12 450 6616 -16.2 -44.9 6 28.8 -20.3 276 16 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.15 13 400 7492 -21.8 -40.1 17 18.3 -24.5 246 13 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 14 350 8461 -28.8 -36.4 48 7.5 -29.9 203 15 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.49 15 300 9544 -38.1 -43.7 56 5.6 -38.6 175 9 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.27 16 250 10768 -49.0 -53.8 57 4.9 -49.1 232 12 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 17 200 12206 -54.8 -64.4 29 9.6 -55.0 252 16 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14054 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 305 15 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16617 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 334 13 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.38 m Freezing level: 628.56 mb = 4026.14 m = 13208.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3865.78 m = 12682.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.64 mb = 1150.61 m = 3774.92 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 7.11 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1515.56 m = 4972.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.92 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.14 mb = 1289.88 m = 4231.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.14 mb = 3503.64 m = 11494.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.14 mb = 7305.73 m = 23968.62 ft B at Equ Level: 76.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.14 mb = 9768.10 m = 32047.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.5 neg: -11.2 tot: 100.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 31.36 m/s