MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.17,-95.16 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 972 329 26.5 21.6 75 4.9 23.0 218 7 302.2 305.3 297.1 352.4 17.00 2 950 529 27.4 21.1 68 6.4 22.8 245 15 305.0 308.2 297.7 355.2 16.79 3 900 1007 24.0 19.3 75 4.6 20.6 254 17 306.2 309.2 297.4 353.8 15.86 4 850 1504 19.7 17.4 87 2.3 18.1 258 17 306.7 309.5 297.0 351.5 14.87 5 800 2024 15.5 14.7 95 0.7 15.0 259 18 307.6 310.1 296.1 347.7 13.28 6 750 2570 11.8 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 266 26 309.4 311.1 293.9 338.1 9.42 7 700 3143 8.0 -0.5 55 8.5 3.5 272 29 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.26 8 650 3751 4.4 -3.0 59 7.4 0.7 295 35 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.9 4.72 9 600 4397 -0.1 -4.5 72 4.4 -2.2 295 42 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.6 4.57 10 550 5088 -5.0 -10.2 67 5.2 -7.2 293 44 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.20 11 500 5829 -10.2 -16.7 59 6.5 -12.4 298 40 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.07 12 450 6633 -15.3 -24.5 45 9.2 -17.7 296 31 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.17 13 400 7513 -20.5 -39.3 17 18.8 -23.4 290 27 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.32 14 350 8485 -28.2 -42.9 23 14.7 -29.9 287 28 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 15 300 9572 -36.6 -46.3 36 9.7 -37.4 276 30 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.6 0.20 16 250 10811 -45.7 -52.1 49 6.4 -46.0 266 36 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.12 17 200 12257 -56.9 -62.3 50 5.4 -57.0 259 44 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14057 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -58.0 273 30 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16628 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 260 11 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.82 m Freezing level: 601.24 mb = 4381.45 m = 14374.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.66 mb = 3905.49 m = 12813.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.16 mb = 956.23 m = 3137.20 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.04 mb = 1646.50 m = 5401.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.70 C Showalter Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 27.56 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3212.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.10 mb = 1452.35 m = 4764.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.10 mb = 1811.58 m = 5943.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.10 mb = 13270.60 m = 43538.20 ft B at Equ Level: 3167.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 165.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 51.53 Bulk Shear: 62.33 m/s