MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-94.71 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -94.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 239 SFC 980 418 24.1 12.2 47 12.0 16.5 186 6 299.0 300.7 290.5 325.8 9.12 2 950 684 19.7 10.2 54 9.5 13.9 187 7 297.1 298.6 289.1 321.1 8.23 3 900 1146 15.0 9.2 68 5.9 11.6 188 7 297.0 298.5 288.9 320.7 8.12 4 850 1626 10.3 8.3 87 2.0 9.2 189 7 296.9 298.4 288.9 320.6 8.11 5 800 2128 8.1 -8.7 29 16.8 1.1 187 9 299.8 300.2 284.3 307.4 2.47 6 750 2658 5.7 -6.9 40 12.5 0.2 160 7 302.7 303.3 286.1 312.1 3.04 7 700 3218 2.4 -14.7 27 17.0 -3.8 181 2 305.1 305.4 285.6 310.7 1.75 8 650 3812 -0.8 -17.4 27 16.6 -6.4 294 2 308.1 308.3 286.4 313.0 1.50 9 600 4447 -3.9 -24.8 18 21.0 -9.6 310 6 311.6 311.8 286.9 314.5 0.85 10 550 5129 -7.9 -28.6 17 20.7 -12.9 317 10 314.7 314.8 287.8 316.9 0.65 11 500 5861 -13.1 -39.2 9 26.1 -17.5 320 8 317.1 317.1 288.1 318.0 0.26 12 450 6655 -18.5 -49.0 5 30.5 -22.1 339 7 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.4 0.10 13 400 7520 -25.7 -45.7 14 20.0 -27.9 345 7 321.5 321.6 289.4 322.1 0.16 14 350 8470 -33.8 -52.0 14 18.2 -35.0 331 6 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.09 15 300 9531 -41.8 -63.4 8 21.6 -42.6 311 20 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.5 0.03 16 250 10741 -51.1 -61.8 27 10.7 -51.4 312 37 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 17 200 12176 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 308 50 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14020 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 319 45 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16589 -57.3 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 319 28 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.05 m Freezing level: 662.64 mb = 3662.19 m = 12014.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.55 mb = 2684.49 m = 8807.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.17 C = 73.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.19 mb = 1911.47 m = 6271.15 ft T: 9.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2236.84 m = 7338.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 14.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7710.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.32 mb = 1880.01 m = 6167.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -14.6 tot: -10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 6.69 m/s