MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-96.22 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 981 341 25.0 15.4 55 9.6 18.7 227 3 299.8 301.9 292.5 333.0 11.31 2 950 617 20.4 13.9 66 6.5 16.3 224 3 297.9 299.8 291.3 328.7 10.59 3 900 1081 15.9 12.2 79 3.7 13.6 208 2 297.9 299.7 290.9 327.0 9.99 4 850 1563 11.7 8.9 82 2.9 10.0 149 2 298.5 300.0 289.7 323.1 8.43 5 800 2067 8.8 -0.6 52 9.4 4.1 80 8 300.5 301.4 286.9 314.4 4.59 6 750 2600 7.2 -6.5 37 13.7 1.1 82 13 304.4 305.0 286.8 314.1 3.12 7 700 3164 4.1 -10.2 34 14.3 -1.8 70 10 307.0 307.5 287.1 315.0 2.50 8 650 3762 1.2 -11.6 38 12.8 -3.9 67 9 310.3 310.7 288.1 318.1 2.42 9 600 4402 -1.6 -20.0 23 18.5 -7.5 79 11 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.7 1.30 10 550 5088 -6.6 -22.0 28 15.4 -11.1 87 12 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.4 1.20 11 500 5826 -10.9 -34.8 12 23.9 -15.7 79 9 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.1 0.40 12 450 6625 -17.0 -36.4 17 19.3 -20.4 89 11 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.2 0.38 13 400 7496 -23.9 -40.4 20 16.6 -26.1 101 12 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.28 14 350 8455 -30.8 -53.3 9 22.5 -32.4 109 19 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.08 15 300 9529 -39.7 -57.6 13 18.0 -40.5 121 30 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 16 250 10750 -49.7 -59.4 31 9.7 -50.0 115 32 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 17 200 12177 -57.2 -67.2 27 10.0 -57.3 79 15 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.02 18 150 14001 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 336 19 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16559 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 354 13 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.12 m Freezing level: 628.66 mb = 4035.50 m = 13239.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.29 mb = 2806.59 m = 9207.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.15 mb = 1541.79 m = 5058.29 ft T: 11.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 18.91 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.64 mb = 1536.97 m = 5042.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 17.22 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1511.19 m = 4957.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.24 mb = 1659.07 m = 5443.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 770.24 mb = 2380.16 m = 7808.82 ft B at Equ Level: 12.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 680.24 mb = 3395.00 m = 11138.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.1 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 112.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -8.0 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 15.99 m/s