MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.82,-97.31 Latitude: 49.82 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 984 237 28.3 19.8 60 8.5 22.2 166 15 302.8 305.5 295.9 346.9 14.89 2 950 548 24.4 18.9 71 5.5 20.5 167 22 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.1 14.62 3 900 1019 19.8 18.0 89 1.8 18.5 168 24 301.9 304.6 295.5 344.9 14.58 4 850 1510 16.4 14.8 90 1.6 15.3 187 28 303.3 305.7 294.4 340.5 12.53 5 800 2024 13.3 8.9 75 4.4 10.6 184 27 305.4 307.0 292.4 332.4 9.00 6 750 2565 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.3 186 25 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.6 5.34 7 700 3136 6.9 -1.9 54 8.8 2.5 193 22 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.0 4.77 8 650 3740 3.5 -11.3 33 14.7 -2.6 208 24 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.48 9 600 4385 -0.3 -19.6 22 19.3 -6.8 218 27 315.7 316.0 288.8 320.3 1.34 10 550 5074 -5.2 -16.7 40 11.5 -9.2 217 28 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.2 1.88 11 500 5815 -10.1 -28.3 21 18.2 -14.6 213 24 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.4 0.75 12 450 6616 -16.7 -24.0 53 7.3 -18.6 214 17 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.5 1.23 13 400 7494 -20.8 -23.3 80 2.5 -21.4 259 21 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.2 1.47 14 350 8466 -27.2 -30.0 77 2.8 -27.7 249 40 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.4 0.91 15 300 9558 -35.8 -39.0 72 3.2 -36.2 252 40 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.43 16 250 10798 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 266 26 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12236 -58.9 -63.0 59 4.0 -59.0 283 21 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 14086 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.6 -50.7 219 15 383.8 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.00 19 100 16678 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 224 5 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.03 m Freezing level: 604.46 mb = 4327.29 m = 14196.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.67 mb = 3424.24 m = 11234.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.19 mb = 1308.40 m = 4292.59 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1369.05 m = 4491.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.15 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1743.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.55 mb = 1265.45 m = 4151.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.55 mb = 1514.46 m = 4968.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.55 mb = 12580.94 m = 41275.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1719.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.55 mb = 15023.39 m = 49288.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -15.8 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 78.57 Bulk Shear: 22.19 m/s