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,-99.11 Latitude: 49.19 Longitude: -99.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 956 457 24.4 21.5 84 2.9 22.3 135 10 301.5 304.6 297.1 352.1 17.18 2 950 511 24.9 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 137 15 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.6 16.63 3 900 986 21.6 19.8 89 1.9 20.4 156 30 303.8 306.8 297.1 352.4 16.35 4 850 1480 17.8 17.7 99 0.2 17.7 163 35 304.8 307.6 296.6 350.0 15.12 5 800 1998 15.1 14.8 98 0.4 14.9 177 39 307.3 309.8 296.1 347.5 13.34 6 750 2543 12.3 11.6 95 0.7 11.8 188 34 309.9 312.1 295.5 345.0 11.49 7 700 3119 8.7 8.6 99 0.1 8.6 199 28 312.1 314.1 295.1 343.2 10.06 8 650 3730 5.2 4.8 97 0.4 5.0 201 28 314.8 316.4 294.6 340.9 8.34 9 600 4381 1.7 0.1 89 1.6 0.8 218 29 318.1 319.3 294.0 338.5 6.42 10 550 5077 -3.1 -9.8 60 6.6 -6.0 221 35 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.3 3.31 11 500 5822 -8.8 -19.3 42 10.5 -12.2 216 35 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.67 12 450 6632 -13.3 -26.0 34 12.7 -16.6 213 32 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.2 1.02 13 400 7516 -19.8 -37.3 20 17.4 -22.8 206 27 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.7 0.39 14 350 8491 -27.1 -46.0 15 18.9 -29.2 200 30 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9584 -35.3 -47.9 27 12.6 -36.3 178 35 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.17 16 250 10825 -46.2 -57.8 26 11.6 -46.7 173 30 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 17 200 12266 -57.4 -62.2 54 4.9 -57.5 203 32 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 14109 -51.7 -80.7 2 29.0 -52.2 237 27 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16693 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 227 7 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.09 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4623.58 m = 15169.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.25 mb = 4457.84 m = 14625.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.76 mb = 823.83 m = 2702.81 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1322.35 m = 4338.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.46 C K Index: 44.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 522.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2462.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.50 mb = 1204.52 m = 3951.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.50 mb = 1454.46 m = 4771.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.50 mb = 12852.56 m = 42166.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2437.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.50 mb = 15942.06 m = 52302.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 306.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.73 Bulk Rich Number: 32.62 Bulk Shear: 75.50 m/s