MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 46.0,-96.5 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 978 302 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 293 7 290.2 292.1 288.9 320.6 10.81 2 950 547 17.6 13.1 75 4.4 14.8 320 24 295.0 296.8 289.9 323.9 10.03 3 900 1009 16.4 9.8 65 6.5 12.4 313 25 298.4 299.9 289.8 323.3 8.50 4 850 1493 13.3 7.8 69 5.5 10.1 306 29 300.1 301.5 289.8 323.3 7.85 5 800 2001 9.8 4.5 70 5.3 6.9 296 27 301.6 302.9 289.2 321.4 6.63 6 750 2534 6.6 1.0 68 5.6 3.7 288 28 303.7 304.7 288.8 320.3 5.49 7 700 3097 3.1 -3.2 63 6.3 0.1 286 30 305.9 306.7 288.5 319.2 4.31 8 650 3693 -0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.4 286 32 308.9 309.5 288.4 319.1 3.22 9 600 4331 -2.2 -25.4 15 23.2 -8.7 287 35 313.6 313.7 287.5 316.3 0.81 10 550 5017 -5.0 -37.2 6 32.1 -11.8 283 43 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.2 0.29 11 500 5760 -9.2 -27.8 21 18.5 -14.0 279 51 321.8 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.78 12 450 6566 -15.0 -29.5 28 14.6 -18.3 271 52 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.0 0.73 13 400 7444 -21.8 -32.1 39 10.3 -23.8 272 57 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.65 14 350 8410 -30.1 -36.7 53 6.5 -31.0 279 59 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.47 15 300 9486 -39.5 -44.1 62 4.5 -39.9 280 64 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 16 250 10706 -48.6 -56.1 42 7.5 -48.8 277 69 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12155 -52.4 -65.7 19 13.3 -52.7 258 58 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 13997 -54.6 -80.2 3 25.6 -54.9 276 53 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16581 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 268 27 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.33 m Freezing level: 650.55 mb = 3686.81 m = 12095.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.89 mb = 3109.48 m = 10201.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.23 mb = 358.53 m = 1176.27 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2077.60 m = 6816.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 5.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 17.08 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8717.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.11 mb = 1373.65 m = 4506.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: -12.4 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 47.71 m/s