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: 49.33,-95.59 Latitude: 49.33 Longitude: -95.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 970 346 30.7 19.4 51 11.3 22.6 257 6 306.6 309.3 296.8 351.1 14.81 2 950 528 29.2 18.0 51 11.2 21.3 259 11 306.8 309.4 296.3 348.4 13.82 3 900 1006 24.8 16.8 61 8.0 19.2 260 14 307.1 309.6 296.1 347.6 13.45 4 850 1504 20.0 15.5 75 4.6 16.9 259 14 307.1 309.6 295.9 346.6 13.11 5 800 2024 15.3 12.7 85 2.6 13.6 257 16 307.4 309.6 294.9 342.4 11.60 6 750 2568 11.8 2.3 52 9.5 6.6 268 28 309.4 310.6 291.2 328.1 6.05 7 700 3141 8.1 -3.0 45 11.1 2.5 279 28 311.4 312.3 290.3 325.2 4.39 8 650 3748 4.6 -1.3 65 5.9 1.5 297 39 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.35 9 600 4395 -0.2 -4.2 74 4.0 -2.1 294 44 315.9 316.8 292.0 330.9 4.69 10 550 5086 -5.1 -10.3 67 5.3 -7.2 291 45 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.4 3.16 11 500 5827 -10.0 -17.3 55 7.3 -12.5 297 41 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.97 12 450 6631 -15.4 -23.5 50 8.2 -17.6 294 32 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.4 1.27 13 400 7511 -20.5 -36.9 21 16.5 -23.2 290 27 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.40 14 350 8484 -28.3 -41.7 26 13.4 -30.0 287 28 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.28 15 300 9570 -36.8 -51.1 21 14.3 -37.8 279 29 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10807 -46.1 -59.3 21 13.2 -46.6 269 35 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12250 -56.5 -66.4 28 9.9 -56.7 265 41 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14053 -57.5 -80.7 4 23.3 -57.7 270 30 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16626 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 262 12 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.87 m Freezing level: 601.61 mb = 4374.61 m = 14352.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4016.96 m = 13178.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.46 mb = 1776.20 m = 5827.37 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.24 mb = 2042.37 m = 6700.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2114.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.63 mb = 1974.37 m = 6477.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.63 mb = 2133.84 m = 7000.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.63 mb = 12583.64 m = 41284.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2109.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.63 mb = 16042.17 m = 52631.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 34.66 Bulk Shear: 61.02 m/s