MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 49.89,-85.24 Latitude: 49.89 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 991 231 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 18.2 181 1 296.6 298.7 291.7 329.9 11.51 2 950 593 20.1 14.2 69 5.9 16.3 250 4 297.6 299.5 291.4 329.0 10.81 3 900 1057 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 14.0 277 6 297.8 299.7 291.2 328.2 10.43 4 850 1539 11.7 10.2 91 1.5 10.7 329 8 298.4 300.0 290.3 325.2 9.21 5 800 2044 8.1 6.5 89 1.7 7.2 342 11 299.8 301.2 289.5 322.2 7.59 6 750 2574 4.8 2.7 86 2.1 3.7 358 12 301.8 303.0 288.9 320.4 6.21 7 700 3133 1.2 -4.1 68 5.2 -1.2 3 13 303.8 304.5 287.5 316.2 4.04 8 650 3726 -1.4 -12.5 42 11.1 -5.6 3 15 307.4 307.8 286.9 314.5 2.25 9 600 4358 -5.6 -18.7 35 13.1 -9.7 3 18 309.6 309.9 286.9 314.4 1.45 10 550 5037 -8.9 -24.1 28 15.2 -12.9 13 20 313.5 313.7 287.7 316.9 0.99 11 500 5766 -14.3 -17.0 80 2.8 -15.2 15 25 315.6 316.0 289.5 322.3 2.01 12 450 6559 -18.7 -22.9 69 4.2 -19.8 18 28 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.3 1.34 13 400 7427 -24.6 -29.1 66 4.5 -25.4 23 34 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.86 14 350 8384 -31.7 -38.3 52 6.5 -32.5 21 36 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.40 15 300 9455 -40.3 -51.0 31 10.7 -40.9 19 39 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 16 250 10671 -50.1 -58.0 39 7.9 -50.4 24 45 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.06 17 200 12100 -57.5 -64.2 42 6.7 -57.6 35 47 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 13909 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 23 30 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16494 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 359 16 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.14 m Freezing level: 677.25 mb = 3403.18 m = 11165.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.30 mb = 2992.09 m = 9816.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.67 C = 76.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.36 mb = 1091.02 m = 3579.42 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.18 mb = 1409.40 m = 4623.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.66 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.58 mb = 1317.99 m = 4324.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.58 mb = 1563.03 m = 5127.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.58 mb = 8634.85 m = 28329.21 ft B at Equ Level: 430.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.58 mb = 12176.47 m = 39948.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.8 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 31.8 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 33.90 m/s