MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 49.01,-95.16 Latitude: 49.01 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 177 SFC 983 324 19.0 13.7 71 5.3 15.6 225 6 293.6 295.4 289.5 322.3 10.04 2 950 620 21.1 9.7 48 11.4 14.1 229 11 298.6 300.0 289.3 321.9 7.95 3 900 1086 17.5 9.0 57 8.6 12.4 282 3 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.2 8.02 4 850 1571 14.1 9.3 73 4.8 11.2 53 5 300.9 302.5 290.7 326.6 8.70 5 800 2080 9.9 7.2 83 2.7 8.3 69 8 301.7 303.1 290.4 325.4 7.98 6 750 2612 5.9 1.0 71 4.9 3.4 97 6 302.9 303.9 288.6 319.5 5.48 7 700 3174 2.1 -2.0 74 4.1 0.1 67 3 304.8 305.7 288.5 319.3 4.72 8 650 3768 -0.8 -10.0 50 9.2 -4.5 55 4 308.1 308.6 287.7 316.8 2.75 9 600 4403 -3.7 -21.7 23 18.0 -9.1 71 3 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.7 1.13 10 550 5085 -8.2 -21.3 34 13.1 -12.1 51 6 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.6 1.27 11 500 5817 -13.2 -28.2 27 15.0 -16.6 47 8 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.6 0.75 12 450 6610 -19.0 -37.4 18 18.3 -22.0 67 12 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.34 13 400 7473 -26.3 -39.7 27 13.3 -28.0 76 17 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.9 0.30 14 350 8425 -32.5 -50.0 16 17.4 -33.9 87 30 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.11 15 300 9494 -40.4 -54.8 20 14.5 -41.1 89 39 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 16 250 10710 -49.8 -60.0 29 10.2 -50.1 92 34 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.05 17 200 12144 -55.8 -65.7 28 9.9 -56.0 75 23 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13973 -55.1 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 3 10 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16547 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 344 9 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.95 m Freezing level: 663.24 mb = 3610.81 m = 11846.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.52 mb = 3190.59 m = 10467.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.53 mb = 1004.33 m = 3295.00 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2438.01 m = 7998.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7488.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.25 mb = 1931.81 m = 6337.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.5 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 92.5 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -3.7 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 29.15 m/s