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: 51.50,-89.49 Latitude: 51.50 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 978 345 24.8 17.1 62 7.7 19.5 14 5 299.8 302.1 293.5 336.7 12.61 2 950 594 22.5 16.1 67 6.5 18.2 14 9 300.1 302.3 293.3 335.7 12.18 3 900 1062 18.1 15.2 83 2.8 16.2 6 7 300.1 302.3 293.3 335.8 12.17 4 850 1548 13.6 13.4 99 0.2 13.5 322 6 300.4 302.5 292.8 334.1 11.47 5 800 2056 9.7 7.9 89 1.8 8.6 310 12 301.5 303.0 290.7 326.4 8.39 6 750 2589 5.7 0.0 67 5.7 2.8 322 15 302.8 303.7 288.2 318.2 5.11 7 700 3151 3.8 -14.4 25 18.2 -2.9 336 16 306.7 307.0 286.2 312.5 1.79 8 650 3748 0.7 -15.2 29 15.9 -5.1 350 17 309.7 310.1 287.3 315.6 1.80 9 600 4387 -2.7 -10.0 57 7.3 -5.7 8 19 313.0 313.6 289.6 322.7 2.99 10 550 5072 -5.8 -22.8 25 17.0 -10.8 20 25 317.1 317.4 289.0 320.9 1.11 11 500 5812 -10.2 -32.7 14 22.5 -15.1 21 28 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.49 12 450 6615 -16.5 -28.5 35 12.0 -19.2 18 29 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.81 13 400 7488 -22.2 -55.0 3 32.8 -25.3 28 30 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.05 14 350 8453 -30.3 -50.0 13 19.7 -32.0 41 35 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 15 300 9528 -39.3 -54.5 19 15.1 -40.1 41 42 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 16 250 10750 -49.3 -58.2 35 8.9 -49.6 39 45 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12177 -58.6 -64.7 45 6.2 -58.6 39 48 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.03 18 150 13967 -59.7 -79.2 6 19.5 -59.9 27 34 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16526 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 5 16 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.94 m Freezing level: 639.85 mb = 3877.75 m = 12722.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.34 mb = 2861.09 m = 9386.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.31 mb = 1317.97 m = 4324.01 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.31 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.25 mb = 1446.20 m = 4744.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 19.03 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.06 mb = 1408.65 m = 4621.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.06 mb = 1557.61 m = 5110.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.06 mb = 11309.17 m = 37103.12 ft B at Equ Level: 841.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.06 mb = 14007.12 m = 45954.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.3 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 31.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 52.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 69.15 Bulk Shear: 12.21 m/s