MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.24,-97.31 Latitude: 47.24 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 979 314 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.6 155 15 296.9 299.6 294.5 340.8 15.21 2 950 574 20.4 19.3 93 1.2 19.6 161 31 297.9 300.6 294.6 341.3 14.96 3 900 1042 19.1 18.7 97 0.4 18.8 191 39 301.2 304.0 295.8 346.1 15.26 4 850 1535 18.3 17.4 95 0.9 17.7 216 30 305.3 308.1 296.5 349.7 14.86 5 800 2053 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.8 212 25 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.5 12.06 6 750 2597 11.6 7.9 78 3.7 9.3 207 21 309.2 310.8 293.4 336.5 8.94 7 700 3171 8.5 2.1 64 6.4 4.9 216 17 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.36 8 650 3780 4.3 1.8 84 2.5 2.9 231 17 313.8 315.1 293.0 334.8 6.71 9 600 4425 -1.1 -5.1 74 4.1 -3.0 241 20 314.9 315.7 291.4 328.8 4.35 10 550 5115 -4.7 -22.0 25 17.3 -10.0 252 26 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.6 1.19 11 500 5856 -9.8 -35.0 11 25.2 -15.0 254 29 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.39 12 450 6660 -15.6 -35.8 16 20.1 -19.4 257 27 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.1 0.40 13 400 7536 -22.2 -32.7 38 10.5 -24.1 258 25 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.61 14 350 8503 -29.3 -40.1 34 10.8 -30.6 258 24 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.33 15 300 9585 -37.6 -51.1 23 13.5 -38.5 245 15 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.12 16 250 10818 -46.3 -59.2 22 12.9 -46.8 232 23 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12260 -57.6 -64.0 44 6.4 -57.8 276 17 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 14092 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 260 23 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16667 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 216 5 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.70 m Freezing level: 609.99 mb = 4296.29 m = 14095.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.33 mb = 4091.71 m = 13424.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.15 mb = 554.56 m = 1819.40 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1669.12 m = 5476.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 27.22 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1545.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.38 mb = 895.18 m = 2936.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.38 mb = 2817.54 m = 9243.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.38 mb = 12573.46 m = 41251.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1505.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.38 mb = 14982.14 m = 49153.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.2 neg: -47.4 tot: 281.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.18 Bulk Rich Number: 18.13 Bulk Shear: 85.25 m/s