MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 54.69,-94.23 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -94.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 994 180 20.5 13.6 65 6.9 16.1 251 8 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.4 9.87 2 950 573 22.5 14.4 60 8.2 17.2 256 16 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.0 10.89 3 900 1040 18.2 13.2 72 5.0 15.0 267 19 300.3 302.2 292.1 331.5 10.63 4 850 1528 15.6 7.9 60 7.6 11.0 305 18 302.5 303.9 290.6 326.0 7.91 5 800 2039 11.7 1.4 49 10.3 6.2 301 17 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.6 5.29 6 750 2574 7.1 -3.8 46 10.9 2.0 302 18 304.3 305.0 287.5 316.1 3.84 7 700 3138 5.0 -19.0 16 24.0 -3.1 318 14 308.0 308.2 286.0 312.0 1.22 8 650 3739 1.9 -21.2 16 23.0 -5.5 337 13 311.1 311.3 287.0 314.7 1.08 9 600 4378 -2.1 -25.5 15 23.4 -8.7 348 11 313.7 313.9 287.6 316.5 0.80 10 550 5063 -6.8 -29.3 15 22.5 -12.3 348 13 316.0 316.2 288.2 318.2 0.61 11 500 5799 -12.0 -30.0 21 18.0 -16.0 345 17 318.4 318.6 288.9 320.7 0.64 12 450 6595 -17.9 -34.4 22 16.6 -20.9 347 20 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.46 13 400 7463 -24.8 -41.0 21 16.1 -26.9 355 23 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.27 14 350 8419 -32.5 -47.5 21 15.0 -33.8 11 25 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.15 15 300 9484 -41.7 -53.0 28 11.2 -42.3 25 29 326.5 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.09 16 250 10693 -51.4 -58.2 44 6.8 -51.6 43 45 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 17 200 12114 -57.5 -67.5 27 10.0 -57.6 22 31 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 13945 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 353 22 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16530 -56.3 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 356 17 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.65 m Freezing level: 626.19 mb = 4043.31 m = 13265.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.84 mb = 2785.60 m = 9138.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.39 mb = 1065.08 m = 3494.30 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2095.75 m = 6875.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 11.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.06 mb = 1517.51 m = 4978.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.06 mb = 4977.04 m = 16328.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.06 mb = 10794.50 m = 35414.58 ft B at Equ Level: 246.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.06 mb = 12240.46 m = 40158.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 345.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -4.0 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 9.39 Bulk Shear: 27.27 m/s