MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 48.97,-100.67 Latitude: 48.97 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 501 SFC 949 509 25.7 21.4 77 4.3 22.6 137 5 303.3 306.5 297.5 354.3 17.16 3 900 975 22.4 18.8 80 3.6 19.9 189 17 304.6 307.5 296.7 350.4 15.36 4 850 1470 18.4 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 202 23 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.5 14.04 5 800 1989 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 208 29 307.3 309.6 295.1 343.5 11.99 6 750 2533 11.4 7.2 75 4.2 8.9 219 27 309.0 310.6 293.0 335.0 8.53 7 700 3107 9.6 -4.0 38 13.6 2.8 226 26 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.0 4.05 8 650 3717 4.9 -11.5 29 16.4 -2.0 227 31 314.5 314.9 289.5 322.4 2.43 9 600 4363 -0.0 -20.9 19 20.9 -6.8 218 31 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.20 10 550 5053 -4.1 -39.3 4 35.2 -11.2 211 31 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.1 0.23 11 500 5797 -8.2 -41.1 5 32.9 -14.3 208 33 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.21 12 450 6607 -13.4 -35.1 14 21.7 -17.7 208 35 326.5 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.43 13 400 7491 -20.1 -35.6 24 15.6 -22.8 204 38 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.46 14 350 8465 -27.6 -46.1 15 18.6 -29.6 197 38 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.17 15 300 9553 -36.4 -50.4 22 14.0 -37.4 181 39 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 16 250 10790 -46.3 -58.1 25 11.7 -46.7 174 46 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12238 -54.5 -64.4 28 9.9 -54.7 197 39 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14102 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 225 23 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16688 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 212 12 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.96 m Freezing level: 600.19 mb = 4360.32 m = 14305.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.53 mb = 3461.20 m = 11355.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.34 mb = 1048.90 m = 3441.25 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 34.12 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1564.98 m = 5134.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 29.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2256.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.12 mb = 1407.93 m = 4619.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.12 mb = 1765.67 m = 5792.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.12 mb = 12532.36 m = 41116.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2239.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.12 mb = 15465.59 m = 50739.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.09 Bulk Rich Number: 45.32 Bulk Shear: 49.80 m/s