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: 49.21,-98.95 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -98.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 956 459 24.6 21.4 82 3.2 22.3 138 11 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.8 17.02 2 950 515 25.1 20.9 77 4.2 22.1 140 15 302.7 305.7 297.0 351.6 16.55 3 900 989 21.7 19.6 88 2.1 20.2 156 29 303.8 306.8 297.1 351.9 16.17 4 850 1483 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 163 35 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.6 14.77 5 800 2001 14.9 14.5 97 0.5 14.6 178 39 307.1 309.5 295.8 346.4 13.07 6 750 2546 12.0 10.5 91 1.4 11.0 187 34 309.6 311.6 294.8 342.3 10.73 7 700 3121 8.4 8.3 99 0.1 8.3 193 29 311.8 313.7 294.8 342.2 9.86 8 650 3731 4.8 4.4 98 0.3 4.6 191 28 314.4 315.9 294.3 339.7 8.11 9 600 4381 1.2 0.4 95 0.8 0.8 207 30 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.5 6.60 10 550 5076 -3.3 -5.9 83 2.5 -4.6 217 33 320.1 321.0 293.0 334.7 4.49 11 500 5822 -8.5 -11.2 81 2.7 -9.6 216 33 322.7 323.3 292.7 333.5 3.25 12 450 6634 -12.6 -16.6 72 4.0 -14.0 214 33 327.5 327.9 293.2 335.4 2.33 13 400 7521 -19.6 -32.9 30 13.3 -22.2 211 29 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.60 14 350 8496 -27.1 -41.6 24 14.5 -29.0 205 32 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.28 15 300 9588 -35.4 -46.6 31 11.2 -36.4 183 35 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.19 16 250 10829 -46.3 -57.2 28 10.9 -46.7 177 29 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.07 17 200 12270 -57.7 -62.0 58 4.3 -57.8 204 33 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14110 -51.9 -80.4 2 28.5 -52.4 237 27 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16693 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 231 7 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.94 m Freezing level: 586.73 mb = 4565.05 m = 14977.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.67 mb = 4478.73 m = 14693.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.63 mb = 866.90 m = 2844.14 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1329.68 m = 4362.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.76 C K Index: 43.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2401.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.82 mb = 1234.44 m = 4049.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.82 mb = 1383.95 m = 4540.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.82 mb = 12950.02 m = 42486.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2356.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.82 mb = 16096.36 m = 52808.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 268.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.17 Bulk Rich Number: 36.98 Bulk Shear: 64.94 m/s