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: 47.55,-92.41 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 967 447 23.0 15.2 61 7.8 17.8 202 5 299.0 301.1 292.3 332.0 11.29 2 950 604 20.8 13.9 65 6.8 16.3 202 6 298.3 300.2 291.5 329.0 10.57 3 900 1068 16.1 12.8 81 3.3 14.0 203 7 298.1 300.0 291.2 328.4 10.38 4 850 1551 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 203 7 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.1 9.89 5 800 2055 8.2 5.5 83 2.7 6.7 248 9 299.9 301.2 289.0 320.9 7.11 6 750 2588 8.8 -6.5 33 15.3 1.9 226 4 306.1 306.7 287.4 316.0 3.14 7 700 3154 5.3 -4.7 49 9.9 0.6 220 5 308.3 309.1 288.9 320.4 3.86 8 650 3755 1.2 -5.5 61 6.8 -1.9 197 9 310.3 311.1 289.5 322.6 3.89 9 600 4394 -2.7 -10.6 54 8.0 -5.9 194 11 313.0 313.6 289.4 322.1 2.83 10 550 5078 -6.8 -22.3 28 15.6 -11.3 189 11 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.0 1.16 11 500 5816 -10.7 -39.9 7 29.1 -15.9 188 12 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.24 12 450 6615 -17.3 -39.0 13 21.7 -20.8 205 12 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.6 0.29 13 400 7485 -24.0 -45.5 12 21.5 -26.4 221 12 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.16 14 350 8444 -31.1 -49.4 15 18.2 -32.6 274 11 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.12 15 300 9518 -39.2 -43.9 61 4.7 -39.6 297 27 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.26 16 250 10741 -49.1 -56.0 44 7.0 -49.3 288 39 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12176 -55.4 -67.7 20 12.3 -55.6 295 32 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 14021 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 306 23 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.6 0.00 19 100 16591 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 325 17 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.59 m Freezing level: 634.36 mb = 3954.80 m = 12974.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.98 mb = 3294.74 m = 10809.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.76 % Est. max temperature: 23.32 C = 73.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.00 mb = 1432.49 m = 4699.71 ft T: 12.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 16.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1479.38 m = 4853.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.03 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 23.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.77 mb = 1483.91 m = 4868.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.77 mb = 1533.35 m = 5030.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.77 mb = 2351.61 m = 7715.17 ft B at Equ Level: 18.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 741.77 mb = 2678.30 m = 8786.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.70 Bulk Shear: 0.67 m/s