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: 49.03,-99.38 Latitude: 49.03 Longitude: -99.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 952 488 23.6 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 144 10 300.9 304.2 297.4 353.7 17.95 2 950 509 23.8 22.1 90 1.7 22.6 146 13 301.3 304.6 297.5 354.2 17.94 3 900 982 21.9 20.2 90 1.7 20.7 165 31 304.1 307.2 297.5 354.2 16.82 4 850 1477 18.5 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 170 36 305.5 308.4 297.3 352.8 15.79 5 800 1997 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 182 38 307.7 310.3 296.6 349.9 13.95 6 750 2543 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 198 35 309.8 312.1 295.7 345.9 11.84 7 700 3119 8.7 7.4 91 1.4 7.9 213 28 312.2 313.9 294.5 340.7 9.25 8 650 3729 5.8 0.9 71 4.9 3.1 230 25 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.5 6.30 9 600 4381 1.9 -11.5 36 13.4 -3.7 228 25 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.0 2.64 10 550 5074 -3.6 -32.0 9 28.4 -10.6 212 32 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.47 11 500 5818 -8.6 -50.0 2 41.3 -14.9 213 31 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.08 12 450 6628 -13.0 -40.7 8 27.7 -17.9 219 28 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.24 13 400 7513 -19.7 -35.3 24 15.6 -22.5 211 29 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.1 0.47 14 350 8488 -27.3 -46.2 15 18.9 -29.4 204 31 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.17 15 300 9579 -35.6 -47.7 28 12.2 -36.5 179 35 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.17 16 250 10821 -46.1 -54.5 38 8.4 -46.4 173 34 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 17 200 12262 -56.7 -62.1 51 5.3 -56.9 203 32 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14108 -51.9 -78.8 3 26.9 -52.4 236 26 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.01 19 100 16692 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 224 8 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.81 m Freezing level: 582.97 mb = 4616.69 m = 15146.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.21 mb = 4019.69 m = 13187.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.34 mb = 663.64 m = 2177.28 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 32.75 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1298.15 m = 4258.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 26.97 C K Index: 44.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2824.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.35 mb = 1134.22 m = 3721.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.35 mb = 1484.00 m = 4868.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.35 mb = 12961.24 m = 42523.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2792.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.35 mb = 16122.48 m = 52894.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 311.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.28 Bulk Rich Number: 50.53 Bulk Shear: 55.90 m/s