MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 48.90,-95.96 Latitude: 48.90 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 100 SFC 975 323 27.6 19.8 63 7.7 22.1 165 10 302.9 305.7 296.1 347.6 15.10 2 950 552 26.3 18.4 62 7.9 20.8 174 17 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.1 14.20 3 900 1027 22.2 16.5 70 5.7 18.3 202 24 304.4 306.9 295.3 344.0 13.27 4 850 1521 17.7 15.1 84 2.7 16.0 217 29 304.7 307.1 295.0 342.8 12.77 5 800 2036 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 224 32 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.4 12.04 6 750 2577 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 244 34 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.8 9.04 7 700 3145 5.3 -0.8 65 6.1 2.2 261 38 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.15 8 650 3747 2.4 -3.1 67 5.5 -0.3 263 38 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.3 4.68 9 600 4390 -0.7 -12.0 42 11.3 -5.2 265 34 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.6 2.54 10 550 5079 -4.9 -15.5 43 10.6 -8.8 265 29 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.2 2.08 11 500 5821 -10.1 -18.8 49 8.7 -12.9 263 27 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.7 1.74 12 450 6624 -15.4 -26.5 38 11.1 -18.1 270 26 323.9 324.0 290.9 327.3 0.97 13 400 7502 -21.9 -37.4 23 15.5 -24.3 284 26 326.6 326.6 291.2 328.0 0.38 14 350 8469 -29.7 -45.1 21 15.4 -31.3 289 31 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.20 15 300 9546 -38.8 -50.2 29 11.4 -39.5 273 22 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 16 250 10773 -47.3 -58.2 27 11.0 -47.6 212 17 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12216 -54.8 -64.8 28 9.9 -55.1 250 16 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14063 -54.0 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.4 262 13 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 215 6 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.91 m Freezing level: 611.28 mb = 4244.68 m = 13925.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.58 mb = 3664.68 m = 12023.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.28 mb = 1307.02 m = 4288.08 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1740.44 m = 5710.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.38 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.91 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1987.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.62 mb = 1625.22 m = 5332.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.62 mb = 1882.26 m = 6175.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.62 mb = 12068.51 m = 39594.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1984.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.62 mb = 15251.73 m = 50037.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 17.45 Bulk Shear: 113.88 m/s