MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 54.67,-93.57 Latitude: 54.67 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 987 179 22.3 19.3 83 3.0 20.3 167 2 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.2 14.45 2 950 512 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.8 172 3 295.8 298.2 292.9 334.3 13.40 3 900 974 15.2 13.9 92 1.3 14.4 216 6 297.2 299.2 291.6 329.6 11.18 4 850 1457 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 215 7 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.5 9.93 5 800 1965 9.9 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 214 8 301.7 303.3 290.9 327.2 8.61 6 750 2499 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.1 211 7 304.4 305.8 290.8 326.7 7.42 7 700 3064 4.1 1.7 84 2.5 2.8 207 6 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.9 6.17 8 650 3664 0.7 -2.3 80 3.0 -0.7 204 7 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.3 4.98 9 600 4303 -1.7 -2.6 93 0.9 -2.1 201 9 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.9 5.28 10 550 4991 -6.6 -6.9 98 0.3 -6.7 204 12 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.6 4.15 11 500 5729 -10.9 -17.7 57 6.8 -13.1 208 14 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.2 1.91 12 450 6530 -16.0 -30.9 27 14.9 -19.1 209 14 323.1 323.3 290.4 325.5 0.65 13 400 7406 -22.1 -37.1 24 15.0 -24.5 204 13 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.39 14 350 8373 -29.9 -42.4 29 12.5 -31.3 201 13 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.26 15 300 9449 -39.7 -47.8 42 8.1 -40.2 189 14 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 16 250 10666 -50.9 -54.8 64 3.8 -51.1 180 15 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.09 17 200 12096 -52.3 -69.6 11 17.3 -52.6 218 15 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13972 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 230 15 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16596 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 218 11 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.20 m Freezing level: 635.00 mb = 3855.59 m = 12649.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.46 mb = 3534.59 m = 11596.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.15 mb = 556.23 m = 1824.88 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 838.16 m = 2749.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.62 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.43 mb = 801.13 m = 2628.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.43 mb = 941.75 m = 3089.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.43 mb = 11105.43 m = 36434.69 ft B at Equ Level: 382.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.43 mb = 12314.13 m = 40400.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 79.67 Bulk Shear: 5.15 m/s