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: 49.37,-95.83 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 973 344 22.6 20.5 88 2.1 21.1 138 10 298.1 300.9 295.3 343.9 15.78 2 950 552 20.9 19.7 93 1.1 20.1 146 19 298.4 301.1 295.1 343.1 15.39 3 900 1020 19.3 18.8 97 0.5 19.0 188 29 301.4 304.2 295.9 346.6 15.35 4 850 1512 16.5 15.6 94 0.9 15.9 207 32 303.4 305.9 295.0 342.6 13.20 5 800 2026 13.0 12.4 96 0.6 12.7 225 35 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.2 11.41 6 750 2566 9.5 8.0 90 1.5 8.6 237 34 306.9 308.6 292.8 334.1 9.01 7 700 3135 5.9 2.4 78 3.6 3.9 251 32 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.0 6.50 8 650 3739 3.0 -1.5 73 4.4 0.7 258 29 312.3 313.3 291.4 329.0 5.30 9 600 4384 -0.7 -8.6 55 7.9 -4.2 261 26 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.0 3.31 10 550 5073 -5.1 -13.5 52 8.4 -8.3 261 25 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.1 2.45 11 500 5814 -10.1 -18.9 49 8.8 -12.9 261 26 320.7 321.1 290.7 326.6 1.72 12 450 6617 -15.5 -27.9 34 12.4 -18.4 266 24 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.86 13 400 7494 -22.0 -37.7 23 15.7 -24.4 275 24 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.37 14 350 8460 -29.9 -43.5 25 13.6 -31.3 282 28 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.23 15 300 9540 -37.8 -55.1 15 17.4 -38.8 254 18 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.07 16 250 10772 -47.0 -58.7 25 11.6 -47.4 218 18 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.06 17 200 12213 -55.5 -64.8 30 9.3 -55.6 245 16 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.03 18 150 14061 -52.9 -80.0 2 27.1 -53.4 246 9 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 196 6 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.52 m Freezing level: 609.81 mb = 4257.28 m = 13967.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3830.52 m = 12567.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.68 mb = 610.30 m = 2002.28 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1178.48 m = 3866.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1883.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.37 mb = 930.71 m = 3053.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.37 mb = 1567.95 m = 5144.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.37 mb = 12396.38 m = 40670.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1848.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.37 mb = 15263.23 m = 50075.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 447.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 447.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.79 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 141.45 m/s