MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-94.17 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -94.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 230 SFC 979 412 15.6 12.4 82 3.1 13.7 207 3 290.5 292.1 287.7 316.8 9.30 2 950 668 18.6 10.0 57 8.6 13.4 232 17 296.0 297.5 288.6 319.6 8.12 3 900 1129 14.6 8.8 68 5.8 11.2 221 11 296.5 298.0 288.6 319.5 7.91 4 850 1609 10.2 7.3 82 2.9 8.5 211 7 296.8 298.2 288.3 318.8 7.54 5 800 2110 7.6 -4.5 42 12.0 2.1 191 8 299.2 299.8 285.2 309.6 3.43 6 750 2641 7.3 -13.7 21 20.9 -0.7 185 9 304.5 304.8 285.4 310.1 1.77 7 700 3204 4.1 -18.1 18 22.2 -3.5 204 5 307.0 307.3 285.8 311.3 1.31 8 650 3803 1.7 -26.7 10 28.4 -6.3 264 1 310.8 311.0 286.4 313.1 0.66 9 600 4443 -1.7 -29.4 10 27.7 -8.8 357 2 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.56 10 550 5129 -6.1 -30.7 12 24.6 -12.0 354 3 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.7 0.54 11 500 5866 -11.3 -29.8 20 18.5 -15.6 3 5 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.5 0.64 12 450 6665 -17.5 -32.9 25 15.3 -20.5 3 9 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.54 13 400 7534 -24.3 -38.1 27 13.7 -26.3 17 12 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.36 14 350 8491 -31.6 -49.2 16 17.6 -33.1 23 17 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9562 -40.2 -56.7 15 16.5 -40.9 16 18 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 16 250 10780 -48.7 -61.0 23 12.3 -49.0 357 22 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 17 200 12225 -54.4 -67.5 18 13.1 -54.7 328 26 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14061 -56.6 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 328 25 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16607 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 338 28 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.68 m Freezing level: 625.61 mb = 4115.08 m = 13500.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.15 mb = 2508.66 m = 8230.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.34 mb = 809.93 m = 2657.22 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.40 mb = 2823.67 m = 9263.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Showalter Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 6.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 106.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9116.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.32 mb = 1673.88 m = 5491.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -18.8 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.70 Bulk Shear: 5.24 m/s