MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 48.29,-95.79 Latitude: 48.29 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 973 358 27.6 21.6 70 6.0 23.3 161 12 303.2 306.3 297.4 353.4 16.94 2 950 567 24.7 20.4 77 4.4 21.6 165 16 302.3 305.2 296.5 349.6 16.03 3 900 1040 20.5 19.0 91 1.5 19.5 190 22 302.6 305.5 296.3 348.6 15.55 4 850 1532 16.5 16.0 97 0.4 16.2 208 26 303.4 305.9 295.2 343.8 13.62 5 800 2046 14.5 2.5 44 12.0 7.9 244 26 306.6 307.6 290.0 324.1 5.73 6 750 2588 11.5 -11.2 19 22.7 1.9 253 32 309.1 309.5 287.4 316.0 2.16 7 700 3160 7.6 -6.8 35 14.4 1.0 263 38 310.9 311.5 289.2 321.4 3.28 8 650 3764 2.5 -2.5 69 5.0 -0.0 258 43 311.8 312.7 290.9 327.1 4.89 9 600 4406 -2.3 -12.1 47 9.8 -6.1 260 40 313.5 314.0 289.3 321.7 2.52 10 550 5092 -6.0 -24.7 21 18.7 -11.2 261 30 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.1 0.94 11 500 5829 -11.3 -29.8 20 18.5 -15.5 257 26 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.65 12 450 6629 -16.3 -34.9 18 18.6 -19.8 254 25 322.8 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.44 13 400 7504 -22.6 -35.4 30 12.8 -24.7 259 23 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.3 0.47 14 350 8467 -30.1 -47.3 17 17.2 -31.7 247 20 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.15 15 300 9546 -37.9 -50.5 25 12.6 -38.7 209 17 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10778 -47.3 -56.8 33 9.5 -47.6 195 16 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12218 -55.7 -64.0 35 8.3 -55.9 244 19 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14065 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 228 18 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 239 8 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.03 m Freezing level: 623.81 mb = 4100.23 m = 13452.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.84 mb = 3741.35 m = 12274.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.58 mb = 1120.51 m = 3676.15 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 37.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1241.80 m = 4074.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 29.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2776.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.59 mb = 1197.96 m = 3930.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.59 mb = 1345.32 m = 4413.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.59 mb = 12595.59 m = 41323.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2752.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.59 mb = 16133.25 m = 52929.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.8 neg: -2.1 tot: 286.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.19 Bulk Rich Number: 21.29 Bulk Shear: 130.42 m/s