MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-99.9 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -99.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 957 542 21.5 15.0 66 6.5 17.2 78 5 298.4 300.4 292.0 331.1 11.25 2 950 607 20.0 14.3 70 5.7 16.3 81 5 297.5 299.4 291.4 328.9 10.84 3 900 1073 19.0 10.2 56 8.8 13.6 79 10 301.1 302.7 290.8 326.8 8.69 4 850 1561 15.9 7.5 57 8.4 10.9 40 6 302.8 304.2 290.5 325.7 7.68 5 800 2073 11.7 6.8 72 4.9 8.8 5 6 303.6 305.0 290.8 326.9 7.77 6 750 2608 7.1 5.2 88 1.9 6.0 339 6 304.3 305.6 290.7 326.5 7.39 7 700 3172 3.6 -5.1 53 8.7 -0.4 330 7 306.4 307.1 288.1 318.0 3.74 8 650 3772 1.9 -12.7 33 14.6 -3.8 351 5 311.1 311.5 288.2 318.3 2.22 9 600 4413 -0.7 -20.3 21 19.6 -7.1 353 5 315.3 315.6 288.6 319.6 1.27 10 550 5103 -4.8 -19.4 31 14.6 -9.6 354 6 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.49 11 500 5844 -9.9 -28.8 20 18.9 -14.5 341 8 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.5 0.71 12 450 6650 -14.4 -44.3 6 29.8 -19.0 296 5 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 13 400 7530 -20.6 -49.0 6 28.4 -23.9 242 9 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.11 14 350 8501 -29.0 -51.2 10 22.1 -30.9 263 10 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.10 15 300 9583 -37.9 -56.3 13 18.3 -38.9 283 11 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.06 16 250 10812 -47.8 -59.3 25 11.5 -48.2 297 14 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 17 200 12249 -55.4 -68.8 17 13.4 -55.6 296 17 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14074 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 313 36 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 327 29 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.16 m Freezing level: 613.08 mb = 4245.49 m = 13928.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.06 mb = 3136.44 m = 10290.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.37 mb = 1368.83 m = 4490.85 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.11 mb = 2432.07 m = 7979.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 24.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6192.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.81 mb = 1990.94 m = 6531.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.1 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 30.1 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -12.7 tot: -12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 9.93 m/s