MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.48,-99.27 Latitude: 49.48 Longitude: -99.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 963 402 24.6 21.0 81 3.5 22.1 137 12 300.9 304.0 296.5 349.5 16.51 2 950 524 23.8 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 141 18 301.3 304.2 296.2 348.1 15.91 3 900 994 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 149 23 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.5 15.65 4 850 1485 17.3 14.1 81 3.2 15.1 176 36 304.3 306.5 294.3 339.9 11.97 5 800 2002 14.3 13.5 95 0.8 13.8 183 39 306.4 308.7 295.1 343.2 12.24 6 750 2545 10.8 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 181 38 308.3 310.3 294.5 340.7 10.69 7 700 3117 7.2 5.6 89 1.6 6.2 181 31 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.5 8.15 8 650 3724 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 3.0 196 34 313.2 314.6 293.1 335.1 7.01 9 600 4370 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.0 -0.6 197 25 316.0 317.1 293.0 334.7 5.90 10 550 5062 -4.1 -5.4 91 1.3 -4.7 198 25 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.3 4.66 11 500 5808 -8.7 -13.2 69 4.6 -10.4 217 31 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.7 2.76 12 450 6616 -14.7 -27.2 34 12.5 -17.7 231 30 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.92 13 400 7496 -20.7 -42.8 12 22.1 -23.8 234 25 328.1 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.22 14 350 8468 -28.1 -43.4 22 15.4 -29.9 221 27 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.23 15 300 9557 -35.7 -53.9 14 18.2 -36.9 212 43 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 16 250 10797 -46.5 -53.8 43 7.3 -46.8 202 29 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12239 -56.7 -65.3 33 8.5 -56.9 222 32 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.1 0.03 18 150 14077 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 233 25 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16683 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 215 8 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.00 m Freezing level: 601.23 mb = 4354.58 m = 14286.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.60 mb = 4255.52 m = 13961.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.95 mb = 850.80 m = 2791.32 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.12 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1259.22 m = 4131.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1823.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.12 mb = 1108.30 m = 3636.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.12 mb = 1758.83 m = 5770.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.12 mb = 12462.11 m = 40885.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1811.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.12 mb = 14844.35 m = 48701.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 219.5 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.5 neg: -35.7 tot: 226.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.78 Bulk Rich Number: 29.02 Bulk Shear: 62.83 m/s