MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 47.59,-93.96 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -93.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 414 19.3 13.9 71 5.5 15.8 217 6 294.9 296.8 290.1 324.5 10.30 2 950 605 18.5 13.2 71 5.3 15.1 230 16 295.9 297.7 290.3 325.0 10.08 3 900 1070 18.5 12.5 68 6.1 14.7 271 19 300.6 302.5 291.9 330.5 10.15 4 850 1558 14.8 10.1 73 4.7 11.9 292 10 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.7 9.15 5 800 2067 10.4 8.0 86 2.3 9.0 316 10 302.2 303.7 291.0 327.4 8.47 6 750 2601 6.5 4.3 86 2.2 5.3 343 12 303.7 305.0 290.2 324.6 6.96 7 700 3164 2.8 1.4 90 1.5 2.1 15 11 305.6 306.7 290.0 324.0 6.05 8 650 3760 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.7 12 8 307.6 308.6 289.6 323.0 4.97 9 600 4395 -3.8 -13.4 47 9.6 -7.4 6 8 311.7 312.1 288.4 319.0 2.26 10 550 5076 -8.2 -17.2 48 8.9 -11.2 20 9 314.3 314.7 288.8 320.3 1.81 11 500 5809 -12.7 -28.8 25 16.1 -16.4 30 9 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.71 12 450 6605 -17.5 -42.5 9 25.0 -21.1 50 10 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 13 400 7476 -23.5 -46.3 10 22.8 -26.1 41 10 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.15 14 350 8436 -31.6 -47.8 19 16.2 -33.0 44 8 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.15 15 300 9504 -41.2 -48.4 46 7.1 -41.7 64 14 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.16 16 250 10717 -50.6 -58.6 38 8.0 -50.8 82 20 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.06 17 200 12141 -57.8 -65.6 36 7.9 -57.9 47 10 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 13960 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 0 9 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16527 -57.5 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 342 6 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.15 m Freezing level: 664.69 mb = 3584.76 m = 11760.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.82 mb = 3482.46 m = 11425.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.79 mb = 1110.17 m = 3642.24 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 2038.43 m = 6687.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.37 mb = 1593.66 m = 5228.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.37 mb = 2695.58 m = 8843.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.37 mb = 6416.25 m = 21050.44 ft B at Equ Level: 106.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.37 mb = 10171.00 m = 33369.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.8 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 12.8 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 123.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.02 Bulk Shear: 53.23 m/s