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: 49.10,-98.77 Latitude: 49.10 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 955 470 24.7 21.6 83 3.1 22.5 146 12 301.8 304.9 297.2 352.7 17.27 2 950 517 25.0 21.2 80 3.7 22.3 148 16 302.5 305.6 297.2 352.7 16.95 3 900 991 21.3 19.9 91 1.5 20.3 158 30 303.5 306.5 297.1 352.3 16.44 4 850 1485 17.8 17.6 99 0.1 17.7 164 34 304.8 307.6 296.6 349.8 15.09 5 800 2002 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 178 39 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.6 13.19 6 750 2547 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 188 35 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.5 11.23 7 700 3122 8.6 8.4 99 0.2 8.5 191 30 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.7 9.97 8 650 3733 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.7 187 28 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.2 8.21 9 600 4382 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 195 29 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.5 6.68 10 550 5077 -3.3 -4.3 92 1.0 -3.8 210 30 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.5 5.05 11 500 5825 -8.5 -9.6 92 1.1 -8.9 215 30 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.9 3.70 12 450 6636 -12.4 -13.5 92 1.1 -12.8 218 31 327.6 328.2 293.8 337.9 3.01 13 400 7528 -17.7 -19.9 83 2.2 -18.4 219 30 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.9 1.98 14 350 8510 -26.1 -30.0 69 3.9 -26.9 213 33 333.6 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.90 15 300 9604 -35.5 -41.0 57 5.5 -36.1 192 35 335.4 335.5 293.5 336.7 0.35 16 250 10845 -46.2 -52.9 47 6.7 -46.5 184 32 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12286 -58.0 -61.6 63 3.6 -58.0 202 38 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 14118 -52.4 -78.8 3 26.4 -52.8 239 27 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.01 19 100 16699 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 241 7 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.86 m Freezing level: 588.03 mb = 4548.84 m = 14923.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.45 mb = 4497.06 m = 14753.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.83 mb = 856.99 m = 2811.61 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.41 mb = 1279.54 m = 4197.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 43.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2436.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.57 mb = 1179.21 m = 3868.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.57 mb = 1428.16 m = 4685.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.57 mb = 13115.55 m = 43029.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2372.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.57 mb = 15777.68 m = 51763.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.3 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 220.3 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.8 neg: -16.4 tot: 227.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 54.01 Bulk Shear: 45.12 m/s