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: 50.66,-100.33 Latitude: 50.66 Longitude: -100.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 516 SFC 940 611 20.2 19.6 96 0.6 19.8 112 10 298.7 301.5 295.2 343.7 15.48 3 900 982 17.9 17.7 99 0.2 17.8 125 24 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.0 14.35 4 850 1472 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.0 154 35 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.2 13.56 5 800 1986 13.0 12.7 98 0.3 12.8 152 33 305.0 307.2 294.3 339.8 11.63 6 750 2527 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.8 152 33 308.2 310.0 293.8 338.0 9.83 7 700 3100 7.1 6.4 95 0.8 6.7 165 35 310.4 312.0 293.6 336.9 8.64 8 650 3707 3.6 3.4 99 0.2 3.5 176 36 313.0 314.5 293.4 336.5 7.55 9 600 4353 0.1 -1.6 88 1.7 -0.8 186 35 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.3 5.69 10 550 5047 -2.9 -11.7 51 8.8 -6.5 193 39 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.84 11 500 5793 -7.9 -31.5 13 23.6 -13.5 195 30 323.4 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.55 12 450 6605 -12.6 -31.5 19 18.9 -16.9 199 26 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.61 13 400 7491 -19.6 -33.2 29 13.7 -22.2 210 29 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.58 14 350 8467 -27.1 -42.9 21 15.9 -29.0 217 32 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.25 15 300 9559 -35.4 -47.3 29 11.8 -36.4 206 36 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.18 16 250 10801 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.5 -46.3 178 29 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12238 -58.0 -62.4 57 4.4 -58.1 203 30 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 14086 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.6 231 23 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16685 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 222 9 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.35 m Freezing level: 598.42 mb = 4374.88 m = 14353.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.36 mb = 4227.98 m = 13871.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.54 mb = 685.40 m = 2248.65 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.76 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1117.25 m = 3665.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.34 C = 72.21 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.67 mb = 1119.82 m = 3673.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.67 mb = 1666.67 m = 5468.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.67 mb = 12544.84 m = 41157.13 ft B at Equ Level: 858.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.67 mb = 14057.08 m = 46118.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.3 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 203.3 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.3 neg: -17.8 tot: 299.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 11.32 Bulk Shear: 80.26 m/s