MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.5,-90.51 Latitude: 54.50 Longitude: -90.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 992 158 26.1 20.7 72 5.4 22.3 301 0 300.0 302.8 295.7 345.9 15.70 2 950 536 23.7 18.5 73 5.2 20.1 277 7 301.2 303.8 295.1 343.1 14.25 3 900 1009 22.4 11.5 50 10.9 15.4 289 30 304.5 306.3 292.5 333.0 9.49 4 850 1502 18.0 7.4 50 10.6 11.7 293 38 305.0 306.4 291.2 328.0 7.64 5 800 2016 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.1 292 38 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.7 7.53 6 750 2554 7.8 4.8 81 3.0 6.1 292 38 305.0 306.4 290.8 326.8 7.22 7 700 3118 2.7 0.5 85 2.2 1.5 290 39 305.5 306.5 289.6 322.7 5.67 8 650 3713 -1.3 -3.7 83 2.4 -2.4 286 41 307.5 308.3 289.2 321.3 4.46 9 600 4346 -5.2 -9.1 74 3.9 -6.8 289 43 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.3 3.21 10 550 5025 -9.0 -18.1 48 9.1 -11.8 298 44 313.5 313.8 288.4 319.0 1.68 11 500 5756 -13.3 -16.8 75 3.5 -14.5 303 46 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.5 2.04 12 450 6550 -18.6 -25.8 53 7.1 -20.3 305 50 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.4 1.04 13 400 7417 -24.8 -32.4 49 7.6 -26.1 303 52 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.63 14 350 8372 -32.2 -41.1 41 8.9 -33.2 299 57 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.30 15 300 9442 -40.2 -45.4 57 5.2 -40.6 294 66 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.22 16 250 10659 -50.2 -55.0 57 4.8 -50.4 289 69 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 17 200 12085 -54.3 -70.8 11 16.5 -54.5 298 67 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 13937 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 311 51 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16528 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 330 37 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.89 m Freezing level: 666.37 mb = 3518.01 m = 11541.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.63 mb = 3342.99 m = 10967.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.05 mb = 844.75 m = 2771.45 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 26.87 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1851.91 m = 6075.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.08 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2142.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.71 mb = 1494.51 m = 4903.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.71 mb = 2060.75 m = 6760.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.71 mb = 11601.77 m = 38063.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2126.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.71 mb = 14576.35 m = 47822.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 323.2 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 15.59 Bulk Shear: 137.41 m/s