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: 49.17,-98.90 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -98.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 956 463 24.7 21.5 83 3.2 22.4 141 12 301.7 304.8 297.1 352.2 17.13 2 950 516 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.1 144 15 302.7 305.7 297.1 352.0 16.68 3 900 990 21.6 19.7 89 1.9 20.2 157 29 303.8 306.8 297.1 352.1 16.25 4 850 1484 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 164 34 304.6 307.4 296.4 348.9 14.84 5 800 2002 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 179 39 307.0 309.4 295.7 346.1 12.98 6 750 2546 11.9 10.8 93 1.1 11.2 188 35 309.5 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.90 7 700 3121 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 193 29 311.8 313.7 294.8 342.1 9.84 8 650 3731 4.8 4.4 97 0.4 4.5 190 28 314.4 315.9 294.2 339.6 8.09 9 600 4381 1.2 0.4 94 0.8 0.8 203 30 317.5 318.8 293.9 338.4 6.57 10 550 5076 -3.3 -5.6 84 2.3 -4.4 216 33 320.2 321.0 293.1 335.1 4.59 11 500 5823 -8.7 -10.9 84 2.2 -9.6 216 32 322.4 323.1 292.6 333.5 3.33 12 450 6634 -12.5 -15.2 80 2.7 -13.5 215 32 327.5 328.0 293.4 336.4 2.61 13 400 7522 -19.0 -27.7 46 8.7 -21.0 213 29 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.9 0.98 14 350 8500 -26.9 -37.0 38 10.1 -28.5 206 32 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.46 15 300 9592 -35.5 -44.5 39 9.1 -36.3 185 36 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.24 16 250 10833 -46.3 -56.0 32 9.7 -46.7 178 31 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12274 -57.7 -61.9 59 4.2 -57.8 202 35 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14112 -52.0 -79.4 2 27.4 -52.5 237 27 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16695 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 233 7 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.78 m Freezing level: 586.57 mb = 4567.83 m = 14986.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.46 mb = 4482.09 m = 14704.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.61 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.05 mb = 863.70 m = 2833.64 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1322.68 m = 4339.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 26.08 C K Index: 43.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2430.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.82 mb = 1225.35 m = 4020.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.82 mb = 1374.70 m = 4510.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.82 mb = 12917.81 m = 42380.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2396.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.82 mb = 16040.17 m = 52624.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.0 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 223.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.6 neg: -13.3 tot: 251.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.00 Bulk Rich Number: 42.44 Bulk Shear: 57.27 m/s