MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.21,-94.00 Latitude: 49.21 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 973 345 26.4 21.3 74 5.1 22.7 179 10 301.9 305.0 296.8 350.9 16.59 2 950 552 25.2 20.5 75 4.7 21.8 184 18 302.8 305.7 296.7 350.6 16.14 3 900 1025 20.8 19.4 92 1.4 19.8 194 24 302.9 305.8 296.6 350.0 15.90 4 850 1518 17.1 16.7 98 0.3 16.8 219 30 304.0 306.7 295.8 346.4 14.25 5 800 2033 13.7 13.2 97 0.4 13.4 234 32 305.7 308.0 294.7 341.8 12.04 6 750 2575 9.9 8.7 93 1.1 9.2 246 35 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.0 9.48 7 700 3145 5.8 2.4 79 3.4 3.9 257 38 308.9 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.49 8 650 3748 2.7 -5.5 55 8.2 -1.2 257 37 312.0 312.8 290.1 324.4 3.90 9 600 4391 -0.7 -10.5 47 9.8 -4.8 259 32 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.6 2.87 10 550 5081 -5.2 -15.7 43 10.6 -8.9 257 28 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.7 2.04 11 500 5821 -10.1 -23.1 34 13.0 -13.8 256 26 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.8 1.19 12 450 6625 -15.7 -28.4 33 12.7 -18.6 259 22 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.82 13 400 7501 -22.1 -34.8 31 12.7 -24.3 274 20 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.50 14 350 8465 -30.4 -42.3 30 11.9 -31.7 281 20 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.26 15 300 9541 -39.3 -46.0 49 6.8 -39.8 266 19 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.21 16 250 10762 -49.2 -54.4 55 5.2 -49.4 246 24 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 17 200 12207 -51.3 -71.9 7 20.6 -51.7 250 27 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14077 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 252 18 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16670 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 231 13 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.23 m Freezing level: 610.16 mb = 4260.62 m = 13978.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.43 mb = 3605.83 m = 11830.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.31 mb = 992.96 m = 3257.70 ft T: 21.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 26.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1263.96 m = 4146.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.84 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 40.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2923.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.52 mb = 1184.28 m = 3885.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.52 mb = 1331.85 m = 4369.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.52 mb = 12255.37 m = 40207.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2896.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.52 mb = 16146.63 m = 52973.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 314.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.81 Bulk Rich Number: 33.03 Bulk Shear: 88.51 m/s