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: 49.37,-99.22 Latitude: 49.37 Longitude: -99.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 959 429 23.3 21.2 88 2.1 21.8 125 9 300.0 303.1 296.5 349.2 16.80 2 950 512 23.7 20.8 84 2.9 21.6 129 15 301.2 304.3 296.5 349.7 16.46 3 900 984 20.8 19.6 93 1.2 19.9 148 28 303.0 305.9 296.8 350.8 16.14 4 850 1478 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 160 35 305.1 307.9 296.7 350.4 15.16 5 800 1996 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 178 36 307.5 309.9 295.8 346.2 12.84 6 750 2542 12.4 11.3 93 1.1 11.7 189 34 310.0 312.2 295.4 344.5 11.29 7 700 3118 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.4 197 30 312.4 314.3 294.9 342.4 9.73 8 650 3729 5.4 4.5 94 0.8 4.9 203 31 315.0 316.6 294.4 340.6 8.17 9 600 4380 1.5 -0.3 88 1.7 0.5 220 31 317.8 319.0 293.8 337.8 6.27 10 550 5075 -3.3 -9.9 60 6.6 -6.1 218 36 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.29 11 500 5820 -9.1 -20.9 38 11.7 -12.8 213 37 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.9 1.45 12 450 6628 -13.9 -22.3 49 8.3 -16.3 206 36 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.7 1.42 13 400 7512 -19.6 -24.0 68 4.5 -20.7 207 27 329.6 329.8 292.9 334.4 1.37 14 350 8489 -26.8 -36.6 39 9.8 -28.3 205 29 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.48 15 300 9582 -35.5 -47.5 28 11.9 -36.5 179 34 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.18 16 250 10822 -46.4 -57.2 28 10.9 -46.8 172 27 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12262 -57.6 -62.3 55 4.7 -57.7 206 31 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 14107 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 236 25 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 222 7 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.11 m Freezing level: 584.61 mb = 4594.12 m = 15072.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.90 mb = 4434.79 m = 14549.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.71 mb = 690.94 m = 2266.83 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 23.90 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1320.33 m = 4331.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.83 C K Index: 44.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 543.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2248.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.99 mb = 1109.72 m = 3640.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.99 mb = 1764.23 m = 5788.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.99 mb = 12867.12 m = 42214.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2208.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.99 mb = 15971.27 m = 52398.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 226.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 344.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 22.80 Bulk Shear: 98.61 m/s