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: 46.00,-94.10 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 975 373 21.9 16.1 70 5.8 18.0 149 9 297.2 299.3 292.2 331.6 11.88 2 950 596 19.5 14.8 74 4.7 16.5 152 13 297.0 299.1 291.6 329.6 11.24 3 900 1058 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.1 159 16 297.1 299.0 291.3 328.5 10.85 4 850 1540 12.0 11.3 96 0.7 11.6 192 19 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.7 9.94 5 800 2047 10.1 5.5 73 4.6 7.5 202 15 301.9 303.2 289.7 323.0 7.09 6 750 2582 7.7 7.1 96 0.5 7.3 209 15 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.4 8.48 7 700 3148 3.9 3.3 96 0.6 3.6 202 15 306.8 308.1 291.1 327.9 6.95 8 650 3747 0.4 -0.4 95 0.7 -0.0 197 20 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.74 9 600 4386 -2.7 -3.8 92 1.1 -3.3 202 22 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.1 4.81 10 550 5072 -6.5 -8.9 83 2.4 -7.5 206 27 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.54 11 500 5810 -11.1 -12.7 88 1.6 -11.7 203 24 319.5 320.0 291.5 329.0 2.88 12 450 6612 -15.5 -17.1 88 1.6 -16.0 211 19 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.3 2.23 13 400 7492 -21.2 -23.1 85 1.9 -21.7 229 18 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.49 14 350 8463 -28.3 -30.8 79 2.5 -28.7 242 20 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.7 0.84 15 300 9548 -37.4 -40.4 73 3.0 -37.7 271 20 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.37 16 250 10778 -48.1 -54.3 48 6.3 -48.3 294 29 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 17 200 12212 -57.1 -66.4 30 9.2 -57.3 294 29 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 14044 -54.7 -80.6 3 25.9 -55.1 315 16 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16610 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 335 13 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.75 m Freezing level: 644.14 mb = 3821.60 m = 12537.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.54 mb = 3740.01 m = 12270.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.93 C = 76.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.46 mb = 1100.83 m = 3611.62 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1344.93 m = 4412.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.11 mb = 1237.18 m = 4058.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.11 mb = 1578.72 m = 5179.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.11 mb = 1678.02 m = 5505.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 806.11 mb = 1983.19 m = 6506.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 24.15 m/s