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: 49.19,-100.14 Latitude: 49.19 Longitude: -100.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 504 SFC 944 561 23.6 22.0 91 1.6 22.5 121 7 301.7 305.0 297.6 354.5 17.90 3 900 976 22.2 19.5 85 2.6 20.3 172 20 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.4 16.10 4 850 1472 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 195 26 306.1 308.8 296.6 349.9 14.61 5 800 1991 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.1 199 30 307.2 309.5 295.4 344.3 12.29 6 750 2535 11.7 7.6 76 4.1 9.2 213 26 309.3 310.9 293.3 336.0 8.76 7 700 3111 10.3 -1.5 44 11.8 4.1 232 24 313.9 314.9 291.6 329.5 4.91 8 650 3722 5.6 -14.5 22 20.1 -2.3 225 27 315.3 315.7 289.2 321.6 1.91 9 600 4369 0.6 -22.6 16 23.1 -6.7 204 30 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.4 1.04 10 550 5060 -3.7 -41.3 4 37.6 -11.1 204 32 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.4 0.19 11 500 5805 -8.2 -43.4 4 35.1 -14.5 207 32 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.16 12 450 6615 -13.2 -35.1 14 21.8 -17.7 210 32 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.43 13 400 7499 -19.9 -34.1 27 14.1 -22.6 205 34 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.0 0.54 14 350 8474 -27.6 -41.7 25 14.1 -29.4 199 34 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.28 15 300 9563 -36.1 -49.3 25 13.2 -37.1 170 39 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10803 -46.0 -53.7 41 7.7 -46.4 171 45 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.10 17 200 12246 -55.9 -62.5 43 6.6 -56.1 199 37 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14103 -51.1 -78.0 3 26.9 -51.7 236 23 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.01 19 100 16690 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 214 10 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.83 m Freezing level: 593.32 mb = 4461.32 m = 14636.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.03 mb = 3496.36 m = 11470.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.70 mb = 758.31 m = 2487.87 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 34.14 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1552.80 m = 5094.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2492.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.50 mb = 1314.90 m = 4313.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.50 mb = 1774.03 m = 5820.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.50 mb = 12908.25 m = 42349.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2437.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.50 mb = 16052.65 m = 52665.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 197.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 48.55 Bulk Shear: 51.34 m/s