MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.3,-103.51 Latitude: 49.30 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 534 SFC 945 580 28.9 17.6 51 11.3 20.9 136 10 306.9 309.4 296.1 347.6 13.52 3 900 1011 23.8 16.3 63 7.6 18.7 141 12 306.1 308.5 295.6 345.2 13.04 4 850 1507 19.0 15.3 79 3.8 16.5 146 11 306.1 308.5 295.5 345.0 12.95 5 800 2025 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.4 179 8 306.4 308.6 294.8 342.0 11.84 6 750 2567 10.2 5.6 73 4.6 7.5 282 8 307.6 309.1 291.9 330.9 7.63 7 700 3137 6.4 -2.1 55 8.5 2.2 311 13 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.3 4.70 8 650 3740 2.3 -6.6 52 8.9 -1.7 299 13 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.0 3.60 9 600 4382 -1.3 -27.1 12 25.8 -8.4 284 11 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.69 10 550 5069 -5.5 -34.6 8 29.2 -11.9 273 8 317.6 317.6 288.4 318.9 0.37 11 500 5808 -10.7 -40.0 7 29.3 -15.9 265 7 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.24 12 450 6610 -16.2 -44.2 7 28.0 -20.2 252 9 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.6 0.17 13 400 7483 -22.7 -42.5 15 19.7 -25.4 241 7 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.23 14 350 8447 -30.1 -48.4 15 18.3 -31.8 238 7 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 15 300 9523 -39.6 -46.8 46 7.2 -40.1 224 13 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 16 250 10740 -50.1 -54.2 61 4.2 -50.2 234 14 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12182 -52.8 -68.2 14 15.4 -53.1 245 20 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14058 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 246 17 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16651 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 219 6 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.23 m Freezing level: 617.95 mb = 4151.54 m = 13620.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.30 mb = 3465.75 m = 11370.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.42 mb = 1999.15 m = 6558.82 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 30.60 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.83 mb = 1994.82 m = 6544.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2292.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.49 mb = 1977.24 m = 6486.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.49 mb = 2030.39 m = 6661.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.49 mb = 11882.86 m = 38985.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2289.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.49 mb = 14998.30 m = 49206.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 52.24 Bulk Shear: 43.90 m/s