MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.11,-95.14 Latitude: 47.11 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 961 469 25.1 21.5 81 3.6 22.5 185 10 301.6 304.8 297.0 351.9 17.06 2 950 569 24.3 21.1 83 3.1 22.1 188 16 301.8 304.9 297.0 351.6 16.85 3 900 1041 20.3 19.9 98 0.4 20.1 207 25 302.4 305.5 296.9 351.1 16.47 4 850 1534 17.2 16.4 95 0.7 16.7 232 29 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.6 13.95 5 800 2049 13.3 10.1 81 3.2 11.3 253 27 305.3 307.1 293.0 334.6 9.77 6 750 2590 10.8 -0.9 44 11.7 4.8 270 29 308.3 309.2 289.7 323.1 4.78 7 700 3162 8.0 -11.4 24 19.3 -0.1 267 33 311.3 311.8 288.3 318.7 2.29 8 650 3768 3.9 -17.2 20 21.1 -3.7 265 36 313.4 313.7 288.2 318.4 1.53 9 600 4412 -0.4 -26.5 12 26.1 -7.8 265 36 315.7 315.8 288.2 318.2 0.73 10 550 5101 -4.8 -29.9 12 25.1 -11.1 264 35 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.58 11 500 5842 -10.2 -20.5 43 10.3 -13.3 262 33 320.7 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.50 12 450 6645 -16.0 -25.2 45 9.2 -18.3 264 28 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.0 1.09 13 400 7521 -21.7 -37.0 24 15.2 -24.2 268 26 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.40 14 350 8489 -29.1 -41.5 29 12.4 -30.6 269 30 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 15 300 9570 -38.1 -49.6 29 11.5 -38.9 280 35 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10799 -47.9 -56.0 39 8.1 -48.3 287 41 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12238 -55.5 -65.4 28 9.9 -55.7 287 41 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14084 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 275 22 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16672 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 214 10 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.67 m Freezing level: 604.58 mb = 4352.81 m = 14280.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.00 mb = 3149.92 m = 10334.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 919.59 m = 3016.99 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 33.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1181.04 m = 3874.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.31 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2863.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.48 mb = 1123.47 m = 3685.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.48 mb = 1269.78 m = 4165.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.48 mb = 12686.91 m = 41623.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2837.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.48 mb = 16271.47 m = 53383.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.50 Bulk Rich Number: 29.17 Bulk Shear: 98.18 m/s