MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 45.25,-96.11 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 979 319 23.7 19.1 75 4.6 20.5 136 6 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.4 14.35 2 950 584 22.8 16.7 69 6.1 18.7 154 12 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.6 12.71 3 900 1053 18.6 14.9 79 3.6 16.2 184 12 300.6 302.8 293.3 335.7 11.95 4 850 1540 14.2 13.9 98 0.4 14.0 205 11 301.1 303.2 293.3 335.7 11.79 5 800 2050 11.0 6.2 72 4.8 8.2 266 11 302.9 304.3 290.3 325.2 7.46 6 750 2585 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.4 290 10 303.9 305.2 290.2 324.7 6.93 7 700 3147 2.8 -5.3 55 8.1 -0.9 300 9 305.6 306.3 287.8 317.0 3.68 8 650 3743 0.1 -13.2 36 13.3 -4.9 305 6 309.0 309.4 287.4 315.9 2.12 9 600 4381 -2.3 -25.7 15 23.4 -8.8 303 7 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.2 0.79 10 550 5067 -5.9 -30.2 13 24.3 -11.8 306 9 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.0 0.56 11 500 5805 -10.5 -37.7 9 27.2 -15.6 309 12 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.4 0.30 12 450 6609 -15.1 -43.7 7 28.6 -19.4 313 15 324.3 324.3 290.3 324.9 0.18 13 400 7487 -21.6 -33.9 32 12.3 -23.8 296 17 327.0 327.1 291.4 329.0 0.54 14 350 8457 -28.1 -31.8 71 3.7 -28.7 302 22 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.7 0.76 15 300 9545 -36.8 -40.7 67 3.9 -37.2 312 22 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.36 16 250 10776 -48.5 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.7 312 24 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12207 -55.7 -66.8 24 11.1 -55.9 305 39 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14045 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 313 42 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16586 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 326 28 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.06 m Freezing level: 648.53 mb = 3762.18 m = 12342.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.92 mb = 3067.00 m = 10062.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.76 mb = 902.36 m = 2960.47 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.69 mb = 1453.49 m = 4768.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.93 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 742.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.05 mb = 1361.02 m = 4465.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.05 mb = 1609.26 m = 5279.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.05 mb = 11225.99 m = 36830.24 ft B at Equ Level: 737.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.05 mb = 13512.22 m = 44330.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 93.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 17.26 Bulk Shear: 43.04 m/s