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,-93.59 Latitude: 56.19 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 73 21.3 19.7 90 1.6 20.2 101 6 293.8 296.4 293.1 335.0 14.45 1 1000 136 21.3 19.6 90 1.7 20.2 101 9 294.5 297.1 293.3 336.0 14.51 2 950 583 22.9 15.8 64 7.2 18.1 307 4 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.5 11.94 3 900 1053 20.5 12.3 59 8.2 15.3 298 13 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.4 10.05 4 850 1543 16.4 10.4 68 6.0 12.6 297 20 303.3 305.0 292.0 331.1 9.33 5 800 2055 11.5 9.5 88 2.0 10.3 299 24 303.4 305.1 292.1 331.3 9.38 6 750 2591 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.1 310 31 304.4 305.8 290.8 326.8 7.42 7 700 3155 2.8 -1.9 71 4.7 0.5 320 32 305.6 306.5 288.8 320.2 4.76 8 650 3751 -0.3 -9.4 50 9.1 -4.1 327 31 308.6 309.1 288.0 317.7 2.88 9 600 4386 -4.3 -12.1 54 7.8 -7.3 329 33 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.2 2.51 10 550 5065 -8.9 -13.4 70 4.5 -10.6 327 37 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.47 11 500 5796 -13.8 -17.0 77 3.2 -14.8 323 38 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.02 12 450 6589 -19.0 -23.4 68 4.3 -20.1 320 38 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.29 13 400 7454 -25.4 -29.6 68 4.2 -26.2 323 38 322.0 322.2 290.2 324.9 0.82 14 350 8407 -33.2 -37.5 65 4.3 -33.7 325 41 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.43 15 300 9471 -42.2 -46.0 66 3.8 -42.4 330 43 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.7 0.21 16 250 10676 -52.3 -55.7 66 3.4 -52.4 327 50 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 17 200 12100 -56.0 -68.5 19 12.5 -56.2 336 51 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13932 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.6 326 48 374.9 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16531 -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: 5660.63 m Freezing level: 655.47 mb = 3685.92 m = 12092.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.09 mb = 3222.91 m = 10573.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.62 mb = 279.76 m = 917.82 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1773.43 m = 5818.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1524.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.14 mb = 1234.44 m = 4049.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.14 mb = 2095.40 m = 6874.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.14 mb = 11315.95 m = 37125.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1518.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.14 mb = 14098.82 m = 46255.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.7 neg: -21.1 tot: 163.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 11.57 Bulk Shear: 131.73 m/s