MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.39,-95.19 Latitude: 49.39 Longitude: -95.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 975 336 26.1 20.4 71 5.7 22.0 165 10 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.5 15.66 2 950 560 24.2 19.5 75 4.7 20.9 178 17 301.8 304.5 295.8 346.4 15.16 3 900 1032 21.1 17.0 77 4.1 18.2 219 23 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.7 13.65 4 850 1524 16.5 15.7 95 0.8 16.0 226 25 303.5 305.9 295.0 343.1 13.33 5 800 2038 13.0 9.3 79 3.6 10.7 247 25 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.7 9.25 6 750 2578 10.7 -7.2 28 17.8 2.5 275 25 308.1 308.7 287.9 317.5 2.97 7 700 3148 7.0 -11.6 25 18.6 -0.6 268 27 310.2 310.7 287.9 317.5 2.25 8 650 3752 3.0 -14.8 26 17.7 -3.7 265 29 312.3 312.7 288.2 318.4 1.87 9 600 4394 -1.4 -18.6 26 17.2 -7.2 265 28 314.5 314.8 288.5 319.4 1.46 10 550 5081 -6.0 -22.4 26 16.4 -10.8 266 27 317.0 317.2 289.0 320.9 1.15 11 500 5818 -11.4 -31.1 18 19.6 -15.8 262 26 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.1 0.57 12 450 6618 -16.3 -49.0 4 32.6 -20.5 262 29 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.10 13 400 7493 -22.2 -43.7 12 21.5 -25.0 266 31 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.20 14 350 8458 -30.2 -45.1 22 14.8 -31.7 270 32 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 15 300 9534 -39.5 -49.2 35 9.7 -40.1 271 31 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 16 250 10758 -46.9 -60.6 19 13.7 -47.4 244 23 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12212 -53.6 -66.7 19 13.1 -53.8 240 17 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14067 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 266 17 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 258 2 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.60 m Freezing level: 616.23 mb = 4185.85 m = 13732.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.87 mb = 3032.69 m = 9949.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.63 mb = 1054.84 m = 3460.73 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 30.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1471.07 m = 4826.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 27.15 C K Index: 25.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2058.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.44 mb = 1349.39 m = 4427.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.44 mb = 1600.02 m = 5249.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.44 mb = 11818.40 m = 38773.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2056.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.44 mb = 15367.84 m = 50418.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 225.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.84 Bulk Rich Number: 23.93 Bulk Shear: 86.00 m/s