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: 50.75,-100.94 Latitude: 50.75 Longitude: -100.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 504 SFC 941 590 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 20.0 54 7 298.5 301.3 295.3 344.3 15.75 3 900 972 18.1 17.9 99 0.2 18.0 82 16 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.51 4 850 1461 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.5 113 22 302.4 304.8 294.6 341.1 13.07 5 800 1975 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.2 129 26 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.2 11.98 6 750 2517 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 135 28 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.1 10.81 7 700 3090 7.9 7.8 99 0.1 7.8 140 30 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.5 9.52 8 650 3700 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 144 31 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.2 8.21 9 600 4350 0.9 0.7 98 0.2 0.8 150 31 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.72 10 550 5045 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 157 31 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.6 5.53 11 500 5795 -7.3 -7.6 97 0.3 -7.5 165 31 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.4 4.31 12 450 6610 -11.9 -12.7 94 0.8 -12.3 174 30 328.2 328.9 294.1 339.1 3.19 13 400 7501 -18.0 -19.5 88 1.5 -18.4 186 27 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.8 2.05 14 350 8484 -25.8 -28.0 82 2.2 -26.3 207 33 333.9 334.1 293.8 337.9 1.09 15 300 9578 -35.8 -39.0 72 3.2 -36.2 198 33 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.43 16 250 10815 -46.9 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 179 32 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12250 -58.6 -61.8 66 3.2 -58.7 181 28 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14097 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 233 24 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16697 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 211 10 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.08 m Freezing level: 587.63 mb = 4521.53 m = 14834.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.58 mb = 4489.55 m = 14729.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.93 mb = 615.23 m = 2018.43 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1102.60 m = 3617.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 723.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.99 mb = 1086.55 m = 3564.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.99 mb = 1232.28 m = 4042.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.99 mb = 12478.66 m = 40939.98 ft B at Equ Level: 695.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.99 mb = 13970.01 m = 45832.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 175.2 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 8.36 Bulk Shear: 86.56 m/s