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: 50.16,-99.19 Latitude: 50.16 Longitude: -99.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 969 328 22.3 21.8 97 0.4 22.0 147 19 298.1 301.2 296.3 348.2 17.26 2 950 499 21.5 21.4 100 0.1 21.5 152 35 299.0 302.1 296.4 349.0 17.14 3 900 969 20.1 20.0 100 0.1 20.1 171 55 302.2 305.2 296.9 351.2 16.58 4 850 1463 18.6 18.5 99 0.2 18.5 189 55 305.7 308.7 297.4 353.5 15.95 5 800 1982 15.3 14.9 97 0.4 15.0 203 47 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.8 13.40 6 750 2527 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.8 214 42 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.1 9.64 7 700 3101 9.2 0.7 56 8.4 4.6 218 36 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.7 5.77 8 650 3711 5.7 -11.1 29 16.8 -1.4 217 34 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.7 2.53 9 600 4360 1.2 -17.1 24 18.4 -5.4 209 34 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.1 1.66 10 550 5053 -3.4 -19.9 26 16.6 -8.8 209 34 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.0 1.43 11 500 5799 -8.4 -20.2 38 11.8 -12.2 214 32 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.1 1.54 12 450 6608 -14.0 -21.7 52 7.7 -16.3 214 29 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.8 1.49 13 400 7490 -20.1 -25.0 64 5.0 -21.3 207 27 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.4 1.25 14 350 8467 -26.3 -30.0 71 3.7 -27.1 198 23 333.3 333.5 293.4 336.6 0.90 15 300 9565 -33.9 -37.2 72 3.3 -34.3 188 23 337.6 337.8 294.2 339.6 0.52 16 250 10817 -44.0 -47.5 69 3.4 -44.3 184 26 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12269 -57.0 -61.0 61 3.9 -57.1 178 24 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14094 -51.5 -80.3 2 28.8 -52.0 259 23 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 174 5 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.45 m Freezing level: 586.44 mb = 4547.66 m = 14919.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.97 mb = 3560.75 m = 11682.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.40 mb = 377.71 m = 1239.18 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 30.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 841.87 m = 2762.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2022.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.83 mb = 808.22 m = 2651.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.83 mb = 1856.61 m = 6091.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.83 mb = 12873.42 m = 42235.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1975.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.83 mb = 15428.09 m = 50616.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 668.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 661.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 220.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.36 Bulk Rich Number: 18.48 Bulk Shear: 109.49 m/s