MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.94,-90.04 Latitude: 49.94 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 964 457 26.2 15.8 53 10.4 19.2 311 6 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.81 2 950 588 24.2 14.7 56 9.5 17.9 312 8 301.7 303.8 293.0 334.6 11.14 3 900 1058 19.5 13.7 69 5.9 15.7 313 9 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.1 11.00 4 850 1546 14.8 12.8 88 2.0 13.5 314 10 301.6 303.6 292.8 334.0 10.98 5 800 2056 10.1 9.6 96 0.5 9.8 332 13 301.9 303.7 291.7 329.8 9.42 6 750 2589 5.8 2.3 78 3.5 3.9 344 15 302.8 304.0 289.0 321.0 6.03 7 700 3150 3.1 -10.4 36 13.6 -2.3 7 15 306.0 306.4 286.6 313.7 2.47 8 650 3746 -0.5 -14.0 35 13.5 -5.4 0 17 308.4 308.8 287.1 314.9 1.99 9 600 4381 -3.4 -24.4 18 21.0 -9.3 0 16 312.2 312.4 287.1 315.2 0.88 10 550 5064 -7.5 -20.2 35 12.7 -11.4 14 19 315.2 315.5 288.7 319.9 1.39 11 500 5798 -12.5 -15.6 77 3.1 -13.5 11 26 317.8 318.3 290.4 325.4 2.27 12 450 6596 -17.4 -22.0 68 4.6 -18.7 21 27 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.46 13 400 7467 -23.5 -29.9 56 6.4 -24.7 30 31 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.80 14 350 8428 -31.1 -34.9 69 3.8 -31.7 32 32 326.7 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.56 15 300 9500 -40.5 -44.2 67 3.7 -40.7 29 31 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 16 250 10715 -50.0 -57.1 43 7.2 -50.2 36 32 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.07 17 200 12142 -58.2 -65.9 37 7.7 -58.3 44 42 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 18 150 13943 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 26 27 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16516 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 3 15 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.53 m Freezing level: 656.39 mb = 3669.51 m = 12038.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.53 mb = 2937.31 m = 9636.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.34 mb = 1763.09 m = 5784.35 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.20 mb = 1795.01 m = 5889.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 26.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 951.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.00 mb = 1786.84 m = 5862.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.00 mb = 1837.86 m = 6029.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.00 mb = 11220.30 m = 36811.55 ft B at Equ Level: 944.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.00 mb = 13901.14 m = 45606.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 28.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 44.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 47.58 Bulk Shear: 20.00 m/s