MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 47.59,-96.89 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 990 265 28.1 15.3 46 12.8 19.5 234 9 302.2 304.2 293.1 335.0 11.11 2 950 623 23.1 13.5 55 9.6 16.8 236 11 300.6 302.5 291.9 330.8 10.26 3 900 1091 18.7 10.3 58 8.4 13.5 243 11 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.6 8.75 4 850 1578 15.8 3.6 44 12.2 9.0 270 8 302.7 303.8 288.8 320.3 5.84 5 800 2089 11.3 4.3 62 7.0 7.4 322 5 303.2 304.4 289.6 322.9 6.54 6 750 2623 6.2 4.5 89 1.6 5.2 2 8 303.3 304.6 290.1 324.5 7.07 7 700 3185 2.2 0.6 90 1.5 1.4 28 10 304.9 306.0 289.5 322.3 5.74 8 650 3780 -1.0 -5.2 73 4.2 -2.9 33 12 307.8 308.6 288.8 320.3 4.00 9 600 4417 -2.5 -23.0 19 20.5 -8.5 51 10 313.3 313.4 287.6 316.6 1.00 10 550 5101 -6.7 -14.4 55 7.6 -9.5 43 11 316.1 316.5 289.9 323.6 2.28 11 500 5839 -10.9 -27.8 24 16.9 -15.1 42 10 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.4 0.78 12 450 6638 -17.6 -35.0 20 17.4 -20.7 80 15 321.1 321.1 289.6 322.6 0.43 13 400 7511 -22.2 -51.8 5 29.6 -25.3 96 27 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.08 14 350 8472 -31.4 -46.8 20 15.5 -32.7 92 23 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.16 15 300 9542 -40.7 -53.6 24 12.9 -41.3 90 19 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.09 16 250 10757 -50.3 -57.9 40 7.6 -50.5 100 35 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 17 200 12188 -56.5 -66.9 26 10.4 -56.6 60 12 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 14001 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 49 10 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16560 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 352 8 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.86 m Freezing level: 665.69 mb = 3593.50 m = 11789.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.02 mb = 3370.71 m = 11058.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.55 mb = 1875.33 m = 6152.57 ft T: 13.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.62 mb = 2228.66 m = 7311.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 5.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 14.56 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.47 mb = 1958.71 m = 6426.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.47 mb = 2432.75 m = 7981.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.47 mb = 5425.04 m = 17798.46 ft B at Equ Level: 114.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.47 mb = 11650.91 m = 38224.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 19.7 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 49.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 46.59 m/s