MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.26,-103.78 Latitude: 49.26 Longitude: -103.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 524 SFC 941 612 24.9 18.7 68 6.3 20.5 145 9 303.4 306.0 295.8 346.5 14.54 3 900 997 21.8 17.6 77 4.2 18.9 149 20 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.2 14.20 4 850 1491 17.2 16.8 98 0.3 17.0 153 22 304.1 306.8 295.9 346.8 14.34 5 800 2007 13.6 13.1 97 0.4 13.3 168 23 305.6 307.9 294.7 341.5 11.96 6 750 2548 10.1 7.9 86 2.2 8.8 165 20 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.8 8.97 7 700 3119 6.3 -0.2 63 6.5 2.9 159 23 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.3 5.41 8 650 3723 2.3 0.4 88 1.8 1.3 164 24 311.5 312.7 291.9 330.5 6.09 9 600 4366 -1.3 -1.5 99 0.2 -1.4 187 18 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.8 5.74 10 550 5054 -5.6 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.7 208 10 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.9 4.49 11 500 5797 -9.4 -11.3 86 1.9 -10.2 210 15 321.5 322.2 292.3 332.2 3.23 12 450 6605 -13.8 -20.5 57 6.7 -15.8 216 18 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.7 1.67 13 400 7489 -20.1 -29.3 43 9.3 -22.1 228 19 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.0 0.84 14 350 8460 -28.8 -32.2 72 3.4 -29.4 236 16 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.73 15 300 9544 -37.2 -40.5 71 3.4 -37.5 213 18 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10778 -46.9 -50.6 66 3.7 -47.1 201 31 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.9 0.15 17 200 12216 -58.4 -62.4 60 4.0 -58.5 204 47 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 18 150 14053 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 213 23 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16658 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 196 15 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.30 m Freezing level: 618.07 mb = 4133.47 m = 13561.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.72 mb = 4028.72 m = 13217.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.18 mb = 1408.29 m = 4620.31 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.68 mb = 1564.62 m = 5133.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 26.29 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2073.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.02 mb = 1510.81 m = 4956.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.02 mb = 1662.73 m = 5455.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.02 mb = 12782.55 m = 41937.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2010.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.02 mb = 15327.04 m = 50284.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 205.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -10.3 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 230.35 Bulk Shear: 9.00 m/s