MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 56.19,-93.51 Latitude: 56.19 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 68 20.9 19.8 93 1.2 20.2 104 5 293.4 296.0 293.0 334.9 14.55 1 1000 136 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.0 102 9 294.1 296.7 293.2 335.5 14.47 2 950 583 22.7 15.7 65 7.0 18.0 311 4 300.2 302.4 293.1 335.1 11.90 3 900 1052 20.3 12.3 60 8.0 15.1 299 13 302.4 304.3 292.3 332.2 10.04 4 850 1543 16.4 10.2 67 6.1 12.5 298 19 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.8 9.23 5 800 2055 11.6 8.9 83 2.7 9.9 301 24 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.2 8.95 6 750 2591 7.3 4.0 79 3.3 5.5 312 30 304.5 305.8 290.3 325.0 6.79 7 700 3154 3.0 -2.9 65 5.9 0.2 320 31 305.8 306.6 288.5 319.4 4.42 8 650 3751 -0.4 -9.6 50 9.2 -4.1 327 31 308.5 309.0 287.9 317.5 2.84 9 600 4386 -4.4 -12.0 56 7.5 -7.3 329 33 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.2 2.54 10 550 5065 -9.1 -13.4 71 4.4 -10.6 327 37 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.4 2.47 11 500 5795 -13.8 -17.0 77 3.2 -14.9 323 39 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.01 12 450 6588 -19.1 -23.4 69 4.3 -20.2 320 39 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.6 1.29 13 400 7453 -25.4 -29.8 67 4.4 -26.2 324 38 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.8 0.81 14 350 8406 -33.2 -37.7 64 4.5 -33.7 325 41 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.43 15 300 9470 -42.2 -46.1 66 3.9 -42.5 330 43 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 16 250 10675 -52.3 -55.7 67 3.4 -52.4 327 50 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 17 200 12099 -56.0 -68.1 21 12.1 -56.2 336 51 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13931 -55.2 -82.5 2 27.3 -55.6 326 48 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16530 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 333 29 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.42 m Freezing level: 655.95 mb = 3679.69 m = 12072.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.74 mb = 3180.11 m = 10433.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.11 mb = 213.79 m = 701.42 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.86 mb = 1775.78 m = 5825.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1460.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.21 mb = 1194.42 m = 3918.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.21 mb = 2156.90 m = 7076.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.21 mb = 11484.42 m = 37678.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.21 mb = 13921.73 m = 45674.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.7 neg: -22.4 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 130.34 m/s