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: 49.24,-99.35 Latitude: 49.24 Longitude: -99.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 956 455 23.0 21.8 93 1.2 22.1 125 9 300.0 303.2 296.8 351.0 17.42 2 950 508 22.7 21.4 92 1.3 21.8 126 13 300.3 303.4 296.8 350.6 17.17 3 900 979 20.5 20.2 98 0.3 20.4 149 29 302.6 305.7 297.1 352.4 16.82 4 850 1473 18.4 18.2 99 0.1 18.3 158 34 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.4 15.71 5 800 1993 16.0 15.8 99 0.1 15.9 172 37 308.2 310.8 297.0 351.5 14.31 6 750 2540 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 187 35 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.7 12.68 7 700 3119 9.8 9.7 99 0.2 9.7 203 31 313.4 315.4 296.0 346.9 10.83 8 650 3732 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.7 212 28 315.6 317.3 295.1 343.1 8.79 9 600 4383 1.6 0.3 91 1.3 0.9 230 28 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.8 6.54 10 550 5079 -3.3 -12.0 51 8.8 -6.8 222 34 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.4 2.76 11 500 5823 -9.4 -39.6 7 30.2 -15.0 212 36 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.25 12 450 6631 -13.4 -39.0 10 25.6 -18.0 214 33 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.29 13 400 7514 -20.2 -35.8 24 15.6 -22.9 206 29 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.5 0.45 14 350 8489 -27.3 -47.0 14 19.7 -29.4 199 30 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 15 300 9581 -35.3 -49.4 22 14.2 -36.4 175 35 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.14 16 250 10822 -46.3 -58.5 24 12.2 -46.7 172 31 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12262 -57.1 -62.2 52 5.1 -57.2 205 32 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.04 18 150 14108 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 237 26 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 220 8 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.40 m Freezing level: 583.47 mb = 4613.38 m = 15135.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.19 mb = 4461.19 m = 14636.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.17 mb = 607.91 m = 1994.45 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 29.94 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1126.75 m = 3696.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.79 C Cross Totals Index: 27.65 C K Index: 45.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2476.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.71 mb = 1001.17 m = 3284.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.71 mb = 1857.77 m = 6094.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.71 mb = 12842.11 m = 42132.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2450.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.71 mb = 15931.03 m = 52266.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.38 Bulk Rich Number: 25.63 Bulk Shear: 96.64 m/s