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,-103.38 Latitude: 49.66 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 507 SFC 940 605 27.0 19.1 62 7.9 21.4 164 15 305.6 308.4 296.7 350.5 14.99 3 900 984 23.7 17.2 67 6.5 19.2 167 23 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.5 13.86 4 850 1481 18.8 16.2 85 2.6 17.0 170 24 305.9 308.4 296.0 347.2 13.78 5 800 1998 14.3 14.1 99 0.1 14.2 178 26 306.4 308.7 295.4 344.7 12.77 6 750 2541 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 190 25 308.0 309.9 294.2 339.7 10.46 7 700 3113 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.4 195 23 309.8 311.4 293.3 336.1 8.58 8 650 3718 2.8 2.7 99 0.2 2.8 188 23 312.2 313.5 292.9 334.5 7.17 9 600 4362 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 184 22 314.9 316.0 292.5 332.9 5.72 10 550 5051 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 180 19 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.8 4.52 11 500 5795 -9.3 -11.8 82 2.5 -10.3 192 16 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.0 3.10 12 450 6602 -15.0 -23.4 49 8.4 -17.3 209 17 324.4 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.28 13 400 7479 -21.6 -46.1 9 24.5 -24.6 214 15 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 14 350 8450 -28.3 -48.9 12 20.5 -30.3 218 12 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 15 300 9534 -37.6 -45.8 42 8.2 -38.3 238 11 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 16 250 10766 -47.4 -52.1 58 4.7 -47.6 255 16 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.12 17 200 12198 -58.6 -63.1 56 4.5 -58.7 263 17 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 14043 -50.0 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 200 19 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 19 100 16650 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 208 18 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.53 m Freezing level: 613.74 mb = 4185.18 m = 13730.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.19 mb = 4147.95 m = 13608.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.30 mb = 1609.04 m = 5278.95 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 22.95 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1812.61 m = 5946.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.45 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 44.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2423.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.78 mb = 1768.83 m = 5803.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.78 mb = 1926.13 m = 6319.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.78 mb = 12636.86 m = 41459.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2401.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.78 mb = 15652.85 m = 51353.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 214.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 60.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 428.14 Bulk Shear: 5.66 m/s