MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-96.09 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -96.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 198 SFC 981 360 17.5 15.2 86 2.3 16.0 103 3 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.8 11.14 2 950 635 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 119 4 291.2 293.0 288.6 319.7 10.07 3 900 1090 11.4 7.2 75 4.3 9.0 62 10 293.3 294.6 286.6 313.7 7.08 4 850 1565 9.5 -2.4 43 11.9 3.9 55 9 296.1 296.8 284.3 307.4 3.78 5 800 2067 8.8 -14.8 17 23.6 0.1 92 10 300.5 300.8 283.5 305.3 1.51 6 750 2599 8.2 -31.7 4 39.8 -2.3 95 9 305.5 305.5 284.1 306.7 0.36 7 700 3166 6.8 -35.5 3 42.4 -3.6 32 7 310.1 310.1 285.7 311.0 0.26 8 650 3769 3.0 -28.0 8 31.0 -5.7 360 9 312.3 312.5 286.9 314.4 0.59 9 600 4412 -0.6 -28.6 10 28.1 -8.1 347 12 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.6 0.60 10 550 5101 -5.0 -32.0 10 27.0 -11.4 347 17 318.1 318.2 288.7 319.8 0.48 11 500 5841 -10.7 -25.7 28 15.0 -14.6 358 20 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.3 0.94 12 450 6643 -15.1 -38.0 12 22.8 -19.1 356 24 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.32 13 400 7524 -20.8 -45.6 9 24.8 -24.0 348 27 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.16 14 350 8492 -29.1 -45.4 19 16.3 -30.9 354 29 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.19 15 300 9573 -38.5 -51.1 25 12.6 -39.2 359 30 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 16 250 10797 -49.2 -56.4 42 7.3 -49.4 351 32 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.07 17 200 12222 -59.6 -64.3 54 4.8 -59.6 353 40 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.03 18 150 14009 -58.5 -79.0 5 20.5 -58.7 344 36 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16553 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 352 25 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.01 m Freezing level: 608.08 mb = 4307.84 m = 14133.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.22 mb = 2095.42 m = 6874.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.99 % Est. max temperature: 22.96 C = 73.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.30 mb = 649.86 m = 2132.06 ft T: 13.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.73 mb = 3227.45 m = 10588.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.48 C = 95.86 F Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lifted Index: 7.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.53 C Showalter Index: 13.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.17 C Cross Totals Index: 8.30 C K Index: -24.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9356.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.29 mb = 1123.86 m = 3687.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 46.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -12.0 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 20.14 m/s