MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-97.47 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -97.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 328 28.8 13.9 40 14.9 18.9 193 3 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.4 10.24 2 950 587 24.8 12.1 45 12.7 16.7 201 3 302.4 304.1 291.7 330.1 9.36 3 900 1057 20.2 11.1 56 9.1 14.4 210 4 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.8 9.25 4 850 1547 15.6 9.0 65 6.5 11.6 263 4 302.5 304.0 291.1 327.8 8.53 5 800 2057 11.0 7.4 78 3.6 8.8 299 8 302.8 304.3 290.9 326.9 8.08 6 750 2592 6.9 3.4 78 3.5 5.0 327 9 304.1 305.3 289.9 323.8 6.54 7 700 3155 2.8 -1.4 74 4.2 0.7 313 10 305.6 306.5 288.9 320.7 4.92 8 650 3751 -0.6 -5.9 67 5.3 -3.0 325 8 308.3 309.0 288.8 320.1 3.78 9 600 4386 -3.7 -17.1 35 13.4 -8.2 353 9 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.67 10 550 5068 -6.9 -31.3 12 24.4 -12.5 340 12 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.51 11 500 5806 -10.4 -37.8 8 27.5 -15.6 323 18 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.29 12 450 6609 -16.2 -27.8 36 11.6 -18.9 316 21 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.86 13 400 7483 -22.8 -25.9 76 3.1 -23.5 312 25 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.4 1.16 14 350 8449 -29.6 -33.6 68 4.0 -30.2 312 33 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.64 15 300 9530 -38.1 -41.9 67 3.8 -38.5 315 42 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.32 16 250 10757 -48.8 -52.3 67 3.5 -49.0 311 49 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12183 -56.8 -66.2 30 9.3 -57.0 309 50 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14021 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.6 313 37 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 330 24 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.64 m Freezing level: 659.12 mb = 3642.12 m = 11949.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.21 mb = 3268.41 m = 10723.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.06 mb = 2192.27 m = 7192.41 ft T: 9.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.86 mb = 2300.35 m = 7546.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 30.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.57 mb = 2197.37 m = 7209.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.57 mb = 2464.91 m = 8086.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.57 mb = 5479.38 m = 17976.76 ft B at Equ Level: 131.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.57 mb = 9721.60 m = 31894.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 351.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.22 Bulk Shear: 18.32 m/s