MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.9,-94.99 Latitude: 45.90 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 971 410 25.2 17.5 62 7.7 19.9 151 15 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.03 2 950 599 22.2 15.9 67 6.3 17.9 152 19 299.7 301.9 293.0 334.8 12.01 3 900 1066 17.5 14.6 83 2.9 15.6 154 21 299.5 301.7 292.7 333.8 11.70 4 850 1553 16.3 10.7 70 5.6 12.7 180 24 303.2 304.9 292.2 331.6 9.54 5 800 2069 15.3 6.6 56 8.7 10.1 211 20 307.5 308.9 291.9 330.8 7.66 6 750 2613 11.6 3.9 59 7.7 7.2 225 11 309.2 310.5 291.7 330.0 6.78 7 700 3185 7.3 3.3 76 3.9 5.0 271 7 310.5 311.8 292.3 332.0 6.95 8 650 3791 3.1 -2.5 67 5.5 0.3 281 13 312.4 313.3 291.1 327.9 4.91 9 600 4434 -0.7 -11.4 44 10.7 -5.0 293 16 315.3 315.9 290.0 324.0 2.66 10 550 5123 -5.5 -21.4 27 16.0 -10.4 306 17 317.6 317.9 289.3 321.9 1.26 11 500 5863 -9.7 -30.3 17 20.5 -14.6 319 22 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.4 0.62 12 450 6667 -15.5 -36.2 15 20.8 -19.3 309 24 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.38 13 400 7545 -21.5 -42.4 13 20.9 -24.4 303 25 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.23 14 350 8514 -28.4 -40.4 31 12.0 -29.9 289 25 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 15 300 9599 -37.0 -52.4 19 15.4 -38.0 281 26 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10839 -45.2 -55.5 31 10.3 -45.7 351 27 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 17 200 12287 -54.3 -64.3 28 9.9 -54.6 319 14 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.03 18 150 14132 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 287 21 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16698 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 291 7 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.01 m Freezing level: 609.05 mb = 4317.75 m = 14165.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.59 mb = 3820.42 m = 12534.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.81 mb = 1386.20 m = 4547.86 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.88 mb = 2558.05 m = 8392.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.93 mb = 1483.96 m = 4868.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.93 mb = 4541.31 m = 14899.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.93 mb = 8886.97 m = 29156.39 ft B at Equ Level: 113.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.93 mb = 10786.97 m = 35389.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.0 neg: -23.0 tot: 144.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 107.12 m/s