MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.78,-93.35 Latitude: 49.78 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 966 384 29.0 22.5 68 6.5 24.2 214 9 305.1 308.5 298.5 359.0 18.02 2 950 534 26.9 21.5 72 5.4 23.0 217 13 304.5 307.7 297.9 356.0 17.25 3 900 1010 22.3 20.6 90 1.7 21.1 221 16 304.4 307.6 297.8 355.7 17.17 4 850 1505 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.8 236 22 304.9 307.7 296.7 350.3 15.22 5 800 2022 14.6 10.1 75 4.5 11.7 253 26 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.1 9.76 6 750 2564 10.7 4.8 67 5.9 7.3 261 27 308.2 309.5 291.7 330.2 7.20 7 700 3134 5.8 2.4 79 3.4 3.9 269 33 308.9 310.2 291.4 329.0 6.51 8 650 3737 2.4 -11.1 36 13.5 -3.1 274 31 311.7 312.1 288.6 319.8 2.52 9 600 4379 -1.1 -9.2 54 8.1 -4.6 277 30 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.1 3.17 10 550 5068 -5.3 -13.1 54 7.8 -8.3 279 33 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.53 11 500 5809 -9.9 -20.3 42 10.4 -13.2 281 36 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.1 1.52 12 450 6614 -14.6 -29.9 26 15.3 -18.1 284 38 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 13 400 7495 -20.4 -31.0 38 10.6 -22.6 283 42 328.4 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.72 14 350 8468 -27.8 -37.0 41 9.2 -29.2 280 47 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.45 15 300 9557 -36.5 -50.0 23 13.5 -37.5 275 51 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 16 250 10791 -47.2 -55.7 37 8.5 -47.5 277 52 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12226 -58.4 -63.2 54 4.8 -58.5 280 51 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 18 150 14043 -53.5 -79.7 3 26.2 -53.9 274 25 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16628 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 252 11 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.25 m Freezing level: 616.10 mb = 4172.13 m = 13687.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.17 mb = 3464.01 m = 11364.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.83 mb = 1206.21 m = 3957.32 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 39.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.34 mb = 1270.35 m = 4167.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -8.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -6.20 C Showalter Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 27.68 C K Index: 42.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3737.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.21 mb = 1251.83 m = 4107.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.21 mb = 1301.44 m = 4269.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.21 mb = 13244.98 m = 43454.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3678.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.25 Bulk Rich Number: 56.65 Bulk Shear: 65.97 m/s