MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-97.23 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 978 290 21.5 21.3 99 0.2 21.3 178 9 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.1 16.50 2 950 546 23.1 20.1 83 3.0 20.9 206 21 300.6 303.5 295.9 346.8 15.74 3 900 1020 23.6 8.9 39 14.7 14.5 240 19 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.0 7.99 4 850 1515 19.5 7.2 45 12.2 12.1 248 22 306.6 308.0 291.6 329.4 7.54 5 800 2032 14.8 5.4 53 9.5 9.3 254 26 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.4 7.03 6 750 2573 10.1 2.3 58 7.8 5.8 260 30 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.1 6.04 7 700 3143 6.6 -2.2 53 8.9 2.2 261 32 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.3 4.64 8 650 3748 3.6 -5.2 53 8.8 -0.6 262 37 313.0 313.7 290.5 325.6 3.98 9 600 4392 -0.4 -15.2 32 14.8 -6.0 266 38 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.1 1.95 10 550 5082 -4.4 -25.9 17 21.5 -10.4 269 40 318.9 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.84 11 500 5826 -8.8 -32.2 13 23.4 -14.1 265 39 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.2 0.51 12 450 6633 -14.5 -28.1 30 13.6 -17.7 253 32 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.84 13 400 7514 -20.7 -37.7 20 17.0 -23.5 247 33 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.37 14 350 8485 -28.2 -44.4 20 16.2 -30.0 242 36 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9570 -37.2 -50.7 23 13.4 -38.2 240 32 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10802 -46.8 -58.5 25 11.6 -47.2 220 39 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12250 -55.4 -65.1 29 9.7 -55.6 212 45 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14087 -53.4 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 247 24 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16670 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 185 14 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.83 m Freezing level: 605.46 mb = 4321.99 m = 14179.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3609.86 m = 11843.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.35 mb = 317.38 m = 1041.27 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.79 mb = 2246.65 m = 7370.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.02 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.96 mb = 1687.62 m = 5536.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.96 mb = 2819.83 m = 9251.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.96 mb = 11122.41 m = 36490.40 ft B at Equ Level: 525.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.96 mb = 13364.69 m = 43846.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 82.37 m/s