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: 47.56,-94.50 Latitude: 47.56 Longitude: -94.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 970 413 23.6 21.4 88 2.2 22.1 151 10 299.4 302.4 296.3 348.4 16.79 2 950 590 21.4 20.0 92 1.4 20.4 156 16 298.9 301.7 295.4 344.4 15.65 3 900 1057 17.8 17.6 99 0.1 17.7 177 29 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.5 14.24 4 850 1545 15.4 15.2 98 0.2 15.3 201 34 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.3 12.86 5 800 2059 13.2 11.9 91 1.4 12.3 237 29 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.98 6 750 2600 10.6 8.5 87 2.1 9.3 260 24 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.3 9.30 7 700 3173 7.8 2.4 68 5.4 4.8 276 28 311.1 312.4 292.1 331.3 6.50 8 650 3779 3.1 -2.4 67 5.5 0.3 278 33 312.4 313.4 291.2 328.0 4.94 9 600 4422 -2.1 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.5 266 34 313.6 314.5 291.0 327.6 4.40 10 550 5106 -7.3 -15.4 52 8.2 -10.1 268 34 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.4 2.10 11 500 5842 -11.4 -24.1 34 12.6 -14.9 262 29 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.8 1.09 12 450 6643 -16.2 -23.6 53 7.4 -18.1 264 28 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.2 1.26 13 400 7516 -23.6 -29.3 59 5.8 -24.7 259 22 324.4 324.5 291.0 327.4 0.84 14 350 8479 -29.6 -47.2 16 17.7 -31.3 218 14 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.15 15 300 9560 -38.1 -47.2 38 9.1 -38.8 190 11 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.4 0.18 16 250 10788 -48.1 -54.6 47 6.5 -48.3 198 8 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12225 -55.3 -65.1 29 9.8 -55.5 253 21 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14076 -52.7 -79.1 3 26.4 -53.2 235 24 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.01 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: 5698.29 m Freezing level: 620.56 mb = 4157.38 m = 13639.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.89 mb = 3829.95 m = 12565.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.50 mb = 685.99 m = 2250.58 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.08 mb = 970.13 m = 3182.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.62 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1777.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.88 mb = 972.07 m = 3189.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.88 mb = 1019.71 m = 3345.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.88 mb = 12101.69 m = 39703.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1760.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.88 mb = 14802.33 m = 48563.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 425.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.55 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 160.15 m/s