MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.57,-84.12 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -84.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 219 SFC 972 463 24.5 17.2 64 7.4 19.5 183 5 300.1 302.4 293.7 337.5 12.77 2 950 666 21.4 15.3 68 6.1 17.4 186 6 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.6 11.58 3 900 1132 17.1 12.7 76 4.3 14.3 193 7 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.3 10.33 4 850 1616 12.8 9.7 82 3.0 10.9 204 9 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.8 8.94 5 800 2123 8.8 7.8 93 1.0 8.3 193 7 300.6 302.1 290.3 325.3 8.36 6 750 2654 4.7 -1.2 66 5.9 1.8 215 5 301.7 302.5 287.3 315.7 4.66 7 700 3213 2.8 -18.7 19 21.5 -4.3 203 9 305.6 305.9 285.2 309.7 1.25 8 650 3810 1.1 -33.6 5 34.7 -7.1 210 11 310.2 310.3 285.8 311.4 0.34 9 600 4448 -3.3 -25.5 16 22.2 -9.4 228 12 312.3 312.4 287.1 315.0 0.80 10 550 5129 -7.9 -32.7 12 24.8 -13.3 235 15 314.7 314.7 287.5 316.2 0.44 11 500 5861 -13.5 -27.9 29 14.4 -16.8 243 16 316.6 316.8 288.5 319.3 0.77 12 450 6655 -18.5 -27.9 44 9.4 -20.5 253 17 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.86 13 400 7522 -24.4 -30.5 57 6.1 -25.5 264 18 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.75 14 350 8482 -30.5 -41.7 33 11.2 -31.8 275 20 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.28 15 300 9558 -39.3 -45.9 50 6.6 -39.8 269 23 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 16 250 10778 -49.6 -55.3 51 5.7 -49.8 260 28 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.08 17 200 12213 -53.7 -70.0 12 16.3 -54.0 251 30 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14068 -53.7 -81.3 2 27.6 -54.1 269 24 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16642 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 299 18 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.82 m Freezing level: 637.66 mb = 3967.47 m = 13016.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.27 mb = 2814.33 m = 9233.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.05 mb = 1389.53 m = 4558.78 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 27.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.12 mb = 1625.02 m = 5331.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 14.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.99 mb = 1576.68 m = 5172.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.99 mb = 1725.35 m = 5660.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.99 mb = 9129.19 m = 29951.04 ft B at Equ Level: 443.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.99 mb = 12245.91 m = 40176.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 74.36 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s