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: 49.46,-99.69 Latitude: 49.46 Longitude: -99.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 957 438 23.7 22.4 92 1.4 22.8 165 16 300.6 303.9 297.4 353.7 18.08 2 950 505 23.8 22.2 91 1.6 22.6 168 24 301.3 304.6 297.5 354.4 17.99 3 900 977 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.7 182 43 303.5 306.6 297.5 354.1 17.06 4 850 1473 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 193 37 306.0 309.0 297.3 353.3 15.77 5 800 1992 15.4 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 204 28 307.6 310.0 296.0 347.0 13.08 6 750 2537 11.4 8.5 82 2.9 9.6 211 28 308.9 310.7 293.6 337.3 9.32 7 700 3111 8.7 -3.0 44 11.7 2.8 208 29 312.1 312.9 290.5 325.9 4.38 8 650 3719 4.3 -6.2 46 10.5 -0.6 208 34 313.8 314.5 290.5 325.7 3.71 9 600 4364 -0.6 -11.4 44 10.7 -5.0 205 33 315.4 315.9 290.0 324.1 2.67 10 550 5053 -5.4 -14.0 51 8.5 -8.7 206 32 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.36 11 500 5793 -10.1 -15.5 64 5.4 -12.0 212 28 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.4 2.29 12 450 6598 -15.1 -17.8 80 2.7 -16.0 213 24 324.2 324.7 292.1 331.4 2.10 13 400 7479 -20.4 -22.8 81 2.4 -21.0 203 23 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.9 1.53 14 350 8456 -26.4 -29.2 77 2.8 -27.0 195 29 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.97 15 300 9553 -34.1 -37.1 74 3.1 -34.4 196 38 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.4 0.53 16 250 10804 -43.7 -47.2 68 3.5 -43.9 187 45 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12263 -55.7 -59.6 61 3.9 -55.8 199 45 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14097 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 239 20 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16698 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 181 7 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.78 m Freezing level: 606.24 mb = 4283.68 m = 14053.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.11 mb = 3604.54 m = 11825.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.77 mb = 608.48 m = 1996.30 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 30.23 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1248.55 m = 4096.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -8.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -8.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.05 C Cross Totals Index: 28.38 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2839.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1045.89 m = 3431.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.90 mb = 1595.54 m = 5234.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.90 mb = 13009.15 m = 42680.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2790.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.90 mb = 16209.76 m = 53180.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.7 neg: -11.3 tot: 220.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.99 Bulk Rich Number: 102.12 Bulk Shear: 27.81 m/s