MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.5,-86.67 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -86.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 998 183 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.8 220 12 287.3 288.9 286.1 312.0 8.86 2 950 612 20.6 9.1 48 11.5 13.7 265 27 298.1 299.5 288.9 320.6 7.66 3 900 1076 16.7 7.7 55 9.0 11.4 267 29 298.7 300.0 288.8 320.3 7.35 4 850 1559 13.1 3.2 51 9.9 7.7 264 28 299.8 300.9 287.6 316.7 5.66 5 800 2066 10.6 -8.8 25 19.4 2.4 272 20 302.5 302.9 285.4 310.1 2.46 6 750 2599 7.3 -9.7 29 17.0 0.2 267 17 304.5 304.9 286.1 312.1 2.43 7 700 3164 5.1 -16.3 19 21.5 -2.6 274 15 308.2 308.5 286.4 313.2 1.52 8 650 3765 1.8 -12.5 34 14.3 -3.8 276 14 311.0 311.4 288.2 318.3 2.25 9 600 4405 -2.2 -19.1 26 16.9 -7.7 276 13 313.6 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.41 10 550 5090 -6.5 -25.2 21 18.7 -11.6 285 13 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.4 0.89 11 500 5827 -11.3 -34.1 13 22.7 -16.0 301 15 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.43 12 450 6626 -16.6 -43.3 8 26.7 -20.5 316 17 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.19 13 400 7498 -24.0 -39.8 22 15.7 -26.2 332 17 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.30 14 350 8455 -31.5 -52.3 11 20.8 -33.1 327 21 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.09 15 300 9527 -40.1 -58.1 13 18.0 -40.9 314 22 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.05 16 250 10744 -50.1 -60.5 29 10.3 -50.4 302 25 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.04 17 200 12170 -56.6 -66.2 29 9.6 -56.8 304 29 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 13994 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 320 30 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16547 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 316 25 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.03 m Freezing level: 627.43 mb = 4053.77 m = 13299.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.52 mb = 2637.17 m = 8652.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.82 mb = 442.37 m = 1451.33 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 10.43 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3197.87 m = 10491.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.09 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.36 C Showalter Index: 6.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 14.51 C K Index: 6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9263.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.34 mb = 1724.52 m = 5657.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.9 neg: -23.6 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.27 Bulk Shear: 6.05 m/s