MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.54,-94.45 Latitude: 47.54 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 970 411 23.3 21.3 89 2.0 21.9 150 10 299.0 302.1 296.1 347.7 16.67 2 950 591 21.1 19.9 93 1.1 20.3 156 17 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.0 15.60 3 900 1057 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.6 177 30 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.2 14.16 4 850 1546 15.4 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 200 34 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.1 12.83 5 800 2059 13.1 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 235 29 305.1 307.1 293.9 338.1 11.03 6 750 2600 10.4 8.6 88 1.9 9.3 258 24 307.9 309.7 293.4 336.3 9.36 7 700 3173 7.7 3.1 73 4.6 5.1 276 28 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.3 6.87 8 650 3779 3.1 -2.3 68 5.4 0.4 280 34 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.2 4.98 9 600 4422 -2.2 -4.9 82 2.7 -3.4 268 35 313.6 314.4 291.0 327.6 4.44 10 550 5106 -7.2 -14.7 55 7.5 -9.9 268 34 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.9 2.22 11 500 5842 -11.4 -24.5 33 13.2 -14.9 262 29 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.8 1.05 12 450 6643 -16.3 -24.3 50 8.0 -18.4 264 28 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.19 13 400 7516 -23.6 -30.1 55 6.6 -24.8 261 22 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.78 14 350 8479 -29.5 -46.5 18 17.0 -31.2 218 14 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9561 -38.1 -46.8 40 8.7 -38.7 190 11 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 16 250 10789 -48.1 -54.6 47 6.5 -48.3 198 7 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12226 -55.3 -65.1 28 9.9 -55.5 253 21 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14077 -52.7 -79.8 2 27.1 -53.2 235 24 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16665 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 252 9 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.57 m Freezing level: 620.76 mb = 4154.95 m = 13631.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.13 mb = 3839.57 m = 12596.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.50 mb = 659.32 m = 2163.08 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 964.36 m = 3163.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1713.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.27 mb = 959.56 m = 3148.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.27 mb = 1007.09 m = 3304.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.27 mb = 12058.22 m = 39560.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1698.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.27 mb = 14736.50 m = 48347.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 438.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.51 Bulk Rich Number: 10.47 Bulk Shear: 163.66 m/s