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: 49.12,-100.04 Latitude: 49.12 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 504 SFC 940 594 23.3 22.1 93 1.2 22.5 121 7 301.7 305.1 297.7 355.3 18.13 3 900 976 22.7 19.6 83 3.1 20.5 174 21 304.9 307.9 297.3 353.1 16.16 4 850 1473 19.1 17.5 90 1.6 18.0 193 26 306.2 309.0 296.9 351.1 14.97 5 800 1992 15.2 14.0 92 1.2 14.4 198 31 307.4 309.7 295.7 345.6 12.67 6 750 2536 11.7 7.8 77 3.9 9.3 216 26 309.2 310.9 293.4 336.4 8.88 7 700 3112 10.3 -1.5 44 11.8 4.1 237 24 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.4 4.91 8 650 3724 5.7 -15.5 20 21.2 -2.5 228 27 315.4 315.7 289.1 321.3 1.76 9 600 4371 0.6 -22.1 16 22.7 -6.7 205 30 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.5 1.08 10 550 5062 -3.6 -37.6 5 34.0 -10.9 204 33 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.8 0.27 11 500 5808 -8.3 -38.2 7 29.8 -14.3 207 32 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.28 12 450 6618 -13.2 -33.4 16 20.3 -17.5 210 32 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.51 13 400 7502 -19.9 -33.9 28 14.1 -22.5 206 33 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.54 14 350 8476 -27.6 -41.7 25 14.0 -29.4 200 33 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.28 15 300 9566 -36.1 -49.4 24 13.4 -37.1 171 38 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10806 -46.0 -53.7 42 7.7 -46.4 171 44 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.0 0.10 17 200 12248 -56.2 -62.4 45 6.3 -56.3 199 38 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14104 -51.4 -78.0 3 26.7 -51.9 235 23 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.01 19 100 16690 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 216 10 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.46 m Freezing level: 592.90 mb = 4468.93 m = 14661.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.88 mb = 3487.47 m = 11441.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.37 mb = 742.57 m = 2436.22 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 34.75 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.31 mb = 1560.73 m = 5120.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.84 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2641.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.49 mb = 1355.95 m = 4448.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.49 mb = 1712.89 m = 5619.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.49 mb = 12699.43 m = 41664.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2637.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.49 mb = 16288.57 m = 53439.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 212.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 55.12 Bulk Shear: 47.92 m/s