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: 49.19,-95.90 Latitude: 49.19 Longitude: -95.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 972 352 24.5 21.0 81 3.5 22.0 142 10 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.7 16.29 2 950 552 23.1 20.0 82 3.1 20.9 150 18 300.6 303.5 295.8 346.5 15.63 3 900 1022 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 191 26 302.5 305.3 296.0 346.9 15.03 4 850 1515 17.0 15.6 91 1.4 16.1 212 32 304.0 306.4 295.1 343.4 13.24 5 800 2030 13.3 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 223 35 305.3 307.5 294.6 340.9 11.90 6 750 2570 9.3 8.2 93 1.1 8.6 240 36 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.2 9.11 7 700 3139 5.5 0.4 69 5.2 2.8 255 35 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.0 5.62 8 650 3741 2.5 -4.5 60 7.0 -0.9 261 32 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.1 4.20 9 600 4385 -0.4 -12.0 41 11.6 -5.1 263 29 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.53 10 550 5075 -5.0 -13.7 51 8.7 -8.3 263 26 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.2 2.42 11 500 5817 -10.0 -18.4 50 8.4 -12.8 262 26 320.8 321.2 290.8 326.9 1.79 12 450 6620 -15.5 -27.7 34 12.2 -18.4 268 25 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.87 13 400 7497 -21.9 -37.2 24 15.3 -24.4 278 24 326.5 326.6 291.1 328.0 0.39 14 350 8464 -29.8 -43.5 25 13.7 -31.3 287 31 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.23 15 300 9542 -38.2 -51.6 23 13.5 -39.0 262 19 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 16 250 10772 -47.2 -61.2 19 14.0 -47.6 211 18 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12214 -55.3 -64.5 31 9.2 -55.5 246 16 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14062 -53.3 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 252 10 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 199 6 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.29 m Freezing level: 606.67 mb = 4299.52 m = 14105.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.64 mb = 3596.89 m = 11800.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.78 mb = 795.06 m = 2608.44 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 22.97 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1359.60 m = 4460.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.08 C Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2228.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.48 mb = 1133.06 m = 3717.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.48 mb = 1580.05 m = 5183.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.48 mb = 12427.02 m = 40770.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2203.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.48 mb = 15309.87 m = 50228.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 451.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.40 Bulk Rich Number: 15.75 Bulk Shear: 141.48 m/s