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,-99.99 Latitude: 49.46 Longitude: -99.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 954 461 22.9 22.2 96 0.7 22.4 152 10 300.1 303.4 297.2 352.6 17.92 2 950 498 23.0 22.1 94 1.0 22.3 153 14 300.6 303.8 297.3 353.0 17.85 3 900 971 22.0 20.5 91 1.5 20.9 178 36 304.2 307.4 297.8 355.3 17.14 4 850 1467 18.8 18.5 99 0.2 18.6 185 32 305.8 308.8 297.4 353.8 16.01 5 800 1987 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 193 25 308.5 311.2 297.2 352.6 14.56 6 750 2534 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 206 25 309.5 311.6 295.3 344.1 11.35 7 700 3108 7.5 4.5 81 3.0 5.8 206 28 310.7 312.2 292.8 334.1 7.56 8 650 3714 3.7 -2.9 62 6.6 0.4 200 33 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.2 4.77 9 600 4359 -0.4 -11.7 42 11.2 -5.0 200 34 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.1 2.61 10 550 5049 -5.0 -18.0 35 13.0 -9.4 202 33 318.1 318.5 289.9 323.8 1.68 11 500 5790 -10.1 -17.6 54 7.5 -12.6 206 29 320.7 321.1 290.9 327.2 1.92 12 450 6593 -15.6 -18.8 77 3.2 -16.6 212 26 323.6 324.0 291.7 330.2 1.93 13 400 7472 -20.8 -23.3 80 2.5 -21.4 207 27 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.1 1.46 14 350 8448 -26.4 -29.2 77 2.8 -26.9 202 35 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.98 15 300 9546 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.1 -34.3 202 44 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.54 16 250 10798 -43.4 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.7 197 48 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.22 17 200 12258 -55.5 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.6 195 49 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14095 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 232 19 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16697 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 183 7 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.33 m Freezing level: 605.21 mb = 4292.23 m = 14081.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.03 mb = 3763.64 m = 12347.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.05 mb = 552.61 m = 1813.00 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 31.51 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1291.06 m = 4235.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -8.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.28 C Showalter Index: -8.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 28.67 C K Index: 44.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 486.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2892.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.21 mb = 1075.55 m = 3528.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.21 mb = 1525.31 m = 5004.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.21 mb = 12783.20 m = 41939.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2883.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.0 neg: -13.0 tot: 183.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 111.30 Bulk Shear: 25.99 m/s