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: 49.66,-102.98 Latitude: 49.66 Longitude: -102.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 515 SFC 939 621 27.5 19.8 63 7.8 21.9 154 17 306.2 309.1 297.3 353.1 15.63 3 900 991 22.7 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 156 23 304.9 307.7 296.4 349.1 14.82 4 850 1485 18.0 16.6 92 1.4 17.0 164 25 305.0 307.6 296.0 347.1 14.11 5 800 2002 14.3 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 177 26 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.9 11.13 6 750 2545 10.8 7.6 81 3.2 8.8 186 22 308.3 309.9 293.0 334.9 8.75 7 700 3117 6.7 4.7 87 2.0 5.6 182 22 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.5 7.69 8 650 3722 2.5 1.9 96 0.6 2.2 182 20 311.8 313.1 292.5 332.9 6.79 9 600 4365 -1.1 -3.5 83 2.4 -2.3 190 18 314.9 315.8 291.8 330.5 4.91 10 550 5055 -4.9 -8.4 77 3.4 -6.4 201 14 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.2 3.70 11 500 5797 -10.0 -19.1 47 9.1 -12.9 215 13 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.6 1.69 12 450 6601 -15.2 -30.3 26 15.2 -18.5 220 16 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.68 13 400 7479 -21.6 -42.0 14 20.4 -24.4 216 15 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8449 -28.4 -43.1 23 14.7 -30.1 224 12 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.24 15 300 9534 -37.4 -49.2 28 11.7 -38.3 254 12 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10765 -47.6 -54.4 45 6.8 -47.9 255 23 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 17 200 12198 -58.1 -62.8 54 4.8 -58.2 256 21 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 14044 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 199 18 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16651 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 207 17 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.97 m Freezing level: 615.03 mb = 4171.69 m = 13686.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.75 mb = 4027.24 m = 13212.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.32 mb = 1603.44 m = 5260.58 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1631.69 m = 5353.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.61 C Showalter Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 42.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2627.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.09 mb = 1605.80 m = 5268.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.09 mb = 1656.82 m = 5435.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.09 mb = 12764.80 m = 41878.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2579.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.09 mb = 15860.48 m = 52035.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.2 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 215.2 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 186.69 Bulk Shear: 14.08 m/s