MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.42,-103.32 Latitude: 49.42 Longitude: -103.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 510 SFC 942 586 26.8 18.6 61 8.2 21.0 179 14 305.2 307.8 296.3 348.4 14.48 3 900 987 23.2 17.0 68 6.1 18.9 182 21 305.4 307.9 295.8 346.3 13.69 4 850 1482 18.5 15.9 85 2.6 16.7 183 22 305.5 308.0 295.7 345.8 13.49 5 800 1999 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.0 186 23 306.3 308.6 295.3 344.2 12.65 6 750 2543 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 196 23 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.0 10.80 7 700 3115 7.1 6.8 98 0.3 6.9 213 22 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.7 8.91 8 650 3722 3.3 3.1 99 0.2 3.2 211 21 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.6 7.39 9 600 4367 -0.9 -1.1 98 0.3 -1.0 196 22 315.1 316.3 292.7 333.7 5.89 10 550 5056 -5.1 -5.7 95 0.6 -5.4 186 18 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.8 4.55 11 500 5800 -9.5 -11.9 82 2.4 -10.4 194 15 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.7 3.07 12 450 6605 -15.4 -29.4 29 14.0 -18.6 214 16 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.5 0.74 13 400 7481 -21.7 -49.3 6 27.6 -24.8 215 16 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 14 350 8452 -28.3 -43.8 21 15.5 -30.0 211 12 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 15 300 9536 -37.4 -48.7 30 11.3 -38.2 247 13 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10767 -47.8 -56.2 38 8.4 -48.1 239 21 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 17 200 12200 -57.5 -63.2 48 5.7 -57.6 248 17 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.8 0.04 18 150 14046 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 205 20 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16652 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 210 18 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.72 m Freezing level: 610.39 mb = 4232.80 m = 13886.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.73 mb = 4210.73 m = 13814.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.71 mb = 1626.85 m = 5337.39 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.91 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1826.23 m = 5991.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.66 C = 81.78 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 43.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2133.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.87 mb = 1748.63 m = 5736.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.87 mb = 1905.38 m = 6251.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.87 mb = 12567.59 m = 41231.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2100.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.87 mb = 15021.71 m = 49283.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 54.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 660.68 Bulk Shear: 3.23 m/s