MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-84.96 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -84.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 202 20.2 15.3 73 5.0 17.0 167 5 293.2 295.2 290.1 324.4 10.94 1 1000 219 22.0 15.5 67 6.5 17.7 166 5 295.1 297.1 290.9 327.1 11.14 2 950 665 21.0 13.4 62 7.6 16.1 165 10 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.3 10.23 3 900 1130 17.1 11.3 68 5.9 13.5 167 13 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.6 9.36 4 850 1615 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.5 173 16 299.8 301.5 291.0 327.5 9.43 5 800 2121 8.9 5.9 82 3.0 7.2 182 19 300.6 301.9 289.4 322.2 7.28 6 750 2652 6.2 -13.1 24 19.3 -1.1 184 18 303.4 303.7 285.0 309.3 1.86 7 700 3214 3.9 -20.4 15 24.4 -3.9 187 13 306.8 307.0 285.5 310.4 1.07 8 650 3811 0.2 -21.5 18 21.7 -6.5 180 11 309.2 309.4 286.3 312.7 1.06 9 600 4448 -2.9 -30.9 9 28.0 -9.7 172 11 312.7 312.8 286.9 314.4 0.48 10 550 5131 -6.7 -31.9 11 25.2 -12.5 203 7 316.1 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.48 11 500 5868 -11.9 -22.0 43 10.1 -14.7 227 8 318.5 318.8 289.7 323.0 1.31 12 450 6665 -17.6 -23.4 60 5.8 -19.1 238 7 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.6 1.29 13 400 7535 -23.8 -29.9 57 6.1 -24.9 268 10 324.1 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.80 14 350 8495 -31.1 -38.0 51 6.9 -32.0 293 15 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.41 15 300 9568 -39.8 -50.4 31 10.6 -40.4 318 21 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 16 250 10787 -49.4 -58.0 36 8.6 -49.7 331 32 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.06 17 200 12227 -53.3 -69.5 12 16.2 -53.6 308 18 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14083 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 285 16 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16661 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 308 10 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.90 m Freezing level: 646.88 mb = 3851.06 m = 12634.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.62 mb = 2579.53 m = 8462.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.15 mb = 837.27 m = 2746.91 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 18.22 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1808.70 m = 5933.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 11.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 166.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.17 mb = 1523.56 m = 4998.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.17 mb = 2077.48 m = 6815.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.17 mb = 2825.55 m = 9270.07 ft B at Equ Level: 19.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 584.17 mb = 4657.71 m = 15281.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.8 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 212.8 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.75 Bulk Shear: 3.47 m/s