MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 45.85,-95.51 Latitude: 45.85 Longitude: -95.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 137 SFC 968 419 21.7 19.2 86 2.5 20.0 136 10 297.6 300.3 294.3 340.1 14.65 2 950 581 19.7 17.5 87 2.2 18.2 140 13 297.2 299.6 293.3 335.8 13.37 3 900 1045 15.8 15.1 95 0.7 15.3 163 20 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.8 12.06 4 850 1529 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 183 21 300.4 302.2 291.6 329.6 9.95 5 800 2038 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.6 210 13 302.7 304.4 291.5 329.1 8.85 6 750 2575 8.3 6.4 87 2.0 7.2 245 20 305.6 307.1 291.7 329.9 8.04 7 700 3142 4.7 2.8 88 1.9 3.6 239 15 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.1 6.70 8 650 3743 1.1 -0.2 91 1.3 0.4 242 18 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.2 5.79 9 600 4382 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.5 273 18 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.61 10 550 5069 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -6.0 283 17 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.3 4.37 11 500 5810 -10.3 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.5 293 13 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.6 3.38 12 450 6615 -15.1 -17.8 80 2.7 -16.0 297 16 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.3 2.09 13 400 7495 -20.8 -26.1 62 5.4 -22.1 298 16 328.0 328.2 292.3 332.0 1.13 14 350 8467 -27.9 -39.3 33 11.4 -29.5 311 18 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.36 15 300 9553 -37.1 -45.9 39 8.8 -37.8 311 19 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.21 16 250 10786 -47.5 -53.6 49 6.1 -47.8 276 24 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12219 -58.2 -61.9 62 3.7 -58.3 281 27 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 14050 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 318 12 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16619 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 338 12 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.87 m Freezing level: 635.31 mb = 3930.49 m = 12895.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3810.16 m = 12500.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.44 mb = 731.94 m = 2401.36 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1109.34 m = 3639.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.02 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.29 mb = 1070.28 m = 3511.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.29 mb = 1705.86 m = 5596.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.29 mb = 7452.00 m = 24448.51 ft B at Equ Level: 189.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.29 mb = 11836.06 m = 38831.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.7 neg: -13.1 tot: 147.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 69.94 m/s