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,-99.72 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -99.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 951 503 22.4 21.8 96 0.6 22.0 128 7 299.8 303.0 296.9 351.2 17.54 2 950 509 22.4 21.8 97 0.6 22.0 131 8 299.9 303.1 296.9 351.3 17.57 3 900 980 21.1 20.3 95 0.8 20.5 164 25 303.2 306.3 297.3 353.2 16.86 4 850 1474 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 178 30 305.5 308.4 297.1 352.4 15.64 5 800 1994 15.4 15.1 98 0.3 15.2 188 34 307.5 310.1 296.3 348.5 13.58 6 750 2539 11.8 10.8 93 1.1 11.2 197 33 309.4 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.90 7 700 3114 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 206 28 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.8 8.36 8 650 3726 5.9 -2.9 53 8.8 1.5 222 24 315.7 316.6 292.0 330.9 4.77 9 600 4376 1.3 -16.2 26 17.5 -5.2 214 25 317.7 318.0 289.9 323.7 1.80 10 550 5068 -3.6 -33.0 8 29.4 -10.6 201 33 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.3 0.43 11 500 5813 -8.3 -43.4 4 35.1 -14.5 208 31 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.16 12 450 6623 -13.2 -36.8 12 23.6 -17.7 215 30 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.36 13 400 7507 -19.9 -34.2 27 14.3 -22.5 207 31 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.53 14 350 8482 -27.5 -45.0 17 17.5 -29.5 199 32 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.20 15 300 9573 -35.6 -49.6 22 14.0 -36.7 171 37 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.14 16 250 10813 -46.2 -54.9 37 8.7 -46.6 171 37 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12254 -56.5 -62.2 48 5.8 -56.6 203 35 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14105 -51.4 -80.0 2 28.6 -52.0 239 25 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -57.5 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 217 9 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.44 m Freezing level: 586.54 mb = 4561.99 m = 14966.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.06 mb = 3863.63 m = 12675.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.84 mb = 574.57 m = 1885.03 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 31.92 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1250.65 m = 4103.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -6.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 26.45 C K Index: 41.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2591.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.71 mb = 1059.82 m = 3477.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.71 mb = 1609.42 m = 5280.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.71 mb = 12696.18 m = 41653.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2591.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.71 mb = 16276.90 m = 53401.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.96 Bulk Rich Number: 48.59 Bulk Shear: 53.34 m/s