MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-94.79 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -94.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 969 421 20.9 15.9 73 5.0 17.6 172 10 296.7 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.80 2 950 589 18.8 15.0 79 3.8 16.3 173 15 296.3 298.3 291.5 329.0 11.35 3 900 1050 14.4 13.7 96 0.7 14.0 177 21 296.4 298.4 291.2 328.3 11.04 4 850 1533 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 189 27 299.4 301.3 291.7 329.9 10.43 5 800 2041 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 206 18 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.4 10.06 6 750 2577 7.7 7.4 98 0.2 7.5 216 16 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.68 7 700 3144 4.7 3.6 92 1.1 4.1 213 14 307.7 309.0 291.5 329.3 7.08 8 650 3745 1.4 -1.4 82 2.8 0.0 218 13 310.6 311.6 290.9 327.2 5.33 9 600 4386 -2.3 -7.4 68 5.1 -4.6 225 14 313.5 314.2 290.3 325.2 3.66 10 550 5071 -6.1 -20.8 30 14.7 -10.6 236 13 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.3 1.32 11 500 5811 -9.9 -32.9 13 23.0 -14.9 280 12 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.48 12 450 6615 -15.5 -29.9 28 14.4 -18.7 281 13 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.3 0.71 13 400 7491 -22.3 -32.1 40 9.9 -24.1 269 10 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.4 0.64 14 350 8456 -29.7 -40.1 36 10.5 -30.9 297 11 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.33 15 300 9536 -38.4 -45.8 46 7.4 -39.0 290 14 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.21 16 250 10760 -49.1 -54.7 52 5.7 -49.3 276 16 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12194 -54.0 -68.6 15 14.6 -54.3 270 16 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14052 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 287 15 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16636 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 323 13 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.49 m Freezing level: 630.61 mb = 3993.53 m = 13101.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.78 mb = 3747.74 m = 12295.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.67 mb = 1053.38 m = 3455.93 ft T: 14.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1333.45 m = 4374.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.30 C = 72.13 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5981.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.11 mb = 1153.09 m = 3783.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: -5.1 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 15.87 m/s