MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.28,-98.77 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 956 468 22.7 21.4 92 1.4 21.8 168 18 299.7 302.8 296.5 349.4 16.97 2 950 521 22.7 21.1 91 1.5 21.6 169 23 300.2 303.3 296.5 349.5 16.84 3 900 991 20.0 19.8 98 0.3 19.8 179 46 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.3 16.32 4 850 1486 18.7 17.4 92 1.2 17.8 199 51 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.4 14.90 5 800 2006 15.5 14.8 96 0.7 15.0 214 35 307.7 310.2 296.2 348.0 13.36 6 750 2550 11.4 7.2 75 4.2 8.9 218 23 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.1 8.55 7 700 3124 9.4 -2.3 44 11.6 3.4 215 19 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.5 4.63 8 650 3734 5.1 -7.3 40 12.4 -0.6 217 21 314.7 315.3 290.5 325.6 3.39 9 600 4380 -0.6 -11.6 43 11.0 -5.1 203 27 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.0 2.62 10 550 5069 -4.8 -27.8 15 23.0 -10.8 202 31 318.4 318.6 289.0 320.9 0.71 11 500 5811 -9.1 -32.4 13 23.4 -14.3 208 30 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.8 0.50 12 450 6619 -14.3 -29.6 26 15.2 -17.8 211 27 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.73 13 400 7500 -20.4 -29.7 43 9.3 -22.4 208 27 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.5 0.82 14 350 8474 -27.6 -34.4 52 6.8 -28.7 200 30 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.7 0.59 15 300 9567 -34.7 -38.4 69 3.6 -35.1 188 35 336.5 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.46 16 250 10814 -44.6 -48.1 67 3.6 -44.8 179 38 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.19 17 200 12263 -57.2 -61.3 60 4.1 -57.3 207 33 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14097 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 255 17 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16693 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 207 6 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.26 m Freezing level: 605.10 mb = 4314.31 m = 14154.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.84 mb = 3635.39 m = 11926.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.10 mb = 639.83 m = 2099.16 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 29.44 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1422.47 m = 4666.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2213.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.00 mb = 1048.96 m = 3441.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.00 mb = 2016.17 m = 6614.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.00 mb = 12623.53 m = 41415.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2213.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.00 mb = 15578.65 m = 51110.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.0 neg: -24.6 tot: 357.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.26 Bulk Rich Number: 69.07 Bulk Shear: 32.05 m/s