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: 49.91,-100.20 Latitude: 49.91 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22.5 20.6 89 1.9 21.2 109 9 299.2 302.2 295.8 346.4 16.15 2 950 510 22.2 20.0 87 2.2 20.6 112 13 299.7 302.6 295.6 345.5 15.67 3 900 979 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 138 25 301.0 303.7 295.5 345.0 14.97 4 850 1469 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 166 30 304.0 306.7 296.0 347.0 14.43 5 800 1987 14.9 14.5 98 0.4 14.7 182 32 307.0 309.5 295.8 346.5 13.12 6 750 2532 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 184 34 309.2 311.3 295.2 343.8 11.38 7 700 3106 7.8 7.2 96 0.7 7.4 191 33 311.1 312.9 294.1 339.2 9.12 8 650 3715 5.4 1.4 75 4.0 3.2 206 27 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.7 6.53 9 600 4365 1.1 -14.4 30 15.5 -4.9 203 32 317.4 317.8 290.0 324.3 2.08 10 550 5057 -3.7 -37.0 6 33.3 -10.9 197 35 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.29 11 500 5802 -8.4 -43.5 4 35.2 -14.6 203 28 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.16 12 450 6611 -13.5 -35.6 14 22.1 -17.9 210 29 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.41 13 400 7494 -20.2 -32.9 31 12.7 -22.7 207 32 328.7 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.60 14 350 8468 -27.6 -42.3 23 14.7 -29.4 200 36 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.26 15 300 9559 -35.2 -47.4 28 12.2 -36.2 176 40 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 16 250 10801 -46.3 -57.9 26 11.6 -46.7 164 32 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12242 -57.1 -62.7 49 5.6 -57.2 199 32 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14096 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 234 24 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16689 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 215 10 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.26 m Freezing level: 588.61 mb = 4522.78 m = 14838.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.31 mb = 3965.15 m = 13008.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.89 mb = 667.34 m = 2189.42 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 26.17 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1144.30 m = 3754.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.33 C K Index: 41.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1395.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.04 mb = 1026.17 m = 3366.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.04 mb = 2309.06 m = 7575.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.04 mb = 12571.23 m = 41243.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1357.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.04 mb = 14535.56 m = 47688.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 219.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 309.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.43 Bulk Shear: 96.71 m/s