MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-97.2 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 988 287 22.8 14.1 58 8.6 17.2 253 5 296.9 298.8 290.8 326.8 10.29 2 950 626 21.0 6.4 39 14.6 12.6 267 14 298.5 299.7 287.8 317.3 6.36 3 900 1090 17.4 10.4 63 7.0 13.1 264 7 299.4 301.1 290.4 325.3 8.82 4 850 1576 13.7 9.3 75 4.4 11.0 195 3 300.5 302.1 290.6 326.1 8.68 5 800 2085 11.4 3.2 57 8.2 6.9 88 7 303.3 304.5 289.2 321.6 6.04 6 750 2620 6.9 1.0 66 5.9 3.9 82 7 304.1 305.1 289.0 320.8 5.51 7 700 3183 2.5 -2.6 69 5.1 0.0 76 10 305.3 306.1 288.5 319.1 4.51 8 650 3778 -0.5 -11.3 44 10.8 -4.7 74 9 308.4 308.9 287.5 316.3 2.48 9 600 4414 -3.4 -23.6 19 20.2 -9.2 87 7 312.2 312.4 287.2 315.4 0.95 10 550 5097 -7.1 -23.7 25 16.6 -11.8 67 8 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.2 1.03 11 500 5832 -12.0 -22.5 41 10.5 -15.0 73 10 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.6 1.25 12 450 6629 -17.9 -30.6 32 12.7 -20.5 83 14 320.7 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.66 13 400 7497 -24.7 -39.5 24 14.7 -26.7 79 14 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.31 14 350 8454 -31.5 -54.1 9 22.6 -33.1 92 21 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.07 15 300 9524 -40.5 -54.8 20 14.2 -41.2 92 19 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 16 250 10741 -49.4 -60.1 28 10.7 -49.7 83 16 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 17 200 12176 -56.4 -68.5 20 12.2 -56.5 85 15 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13989 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 6 8 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16553 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 351 15 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.99 m Freezing level: 658.05 mb = 3681.83 m = 12079.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.49 mb = 3188.43 m = 10460.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.92 mb = 1378.87 m = 4523.79 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.33 mb = 2725.75 m = 8942.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7806.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.32 mb = 2050.14 m = 6726.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.4 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 107.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -14.8 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 45.56 m/s