MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.28,-102.90 Latitude: 50.28 Longitude: -102.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 536 SFC 938 650 26.2 20.1 69 6.1 21.9 156 13 304.9 307.9 297.3 352.8 16.04 3 900 1010 21.6 18.8 84 2.8 19.6 157 16 303.7 306.6 296.5 349.3 15.32 4 850 1504 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 163 17 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.5 14.30 5 800 2019 13.6 10.1 79 3.5 11.4 187 11 305.6 307.5 293.0 334.9 9.72 6 750 2559 10.0 2.1 58 7.9 5.6 196 11 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.6 5.93 7 700 3128 6.0 -3.8 49 9.8 1.3 188 10 309.1 309.9 289.3 322.0 4.12 8 650 3731 1.9 -7.5 50 9.4 -2.3 185 12 311.1 311.7 289.3 321.7 3.34 9 600 4371 -2.0 -14.1 39 12.1 -6.5 183 11 313.8 314.2 289.0 320.8 2.13 10 550 5057 -5.9 -16.6 43 10.6 -9.6 172 11 317.1 317.4 289.8 323.4 1.90 11 500 5797 -10.0 -25.8 26 15.7 -14.2 171 14 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.1 0.93 12 450 6600 -15.8 -31.8 24 16.0 -19.1 163 15 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.5 0.59 13 400 7476 -21.8 -29.4 50 7.6 -23.4 150 9 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.7 0.84 14 350 8448 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.8 -28.2 208 10 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.6 0.86 15 300 9536 -37.1 -40.2 73 3.1 -37.4 173 16 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.38 16 250 10769 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.4 213 24 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12200 -59.8 -64.3 56 4.5 -59.9 214 42 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.03 18 150 14041 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 197 22 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16651 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 205 18 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.72 m Freezing level: 625.93 mb = 4039.10 m = 13251.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.22 mb = 3337.62 m = 10950.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.67 mb = 1416.08 m = 4645.88 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 32.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1434.49 m = 4706.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.49 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.22 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2733.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.72 mb = 1445.69 m = 4743.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.72 mb = 1496.27 m = 4908.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.72 mb = 12848.78 m = 42154.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2692.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.72 mb = 15995.09 m = 52476.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 204.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 871.67 Bulk Shear: 3.14 m/s