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: 49.28,-103.99 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -103.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 526 SFC 937 651 22.9 19.6 82 3.3 20.6 161 5 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.4 15.54 3 900 997 20.6 18.2 86 2.3 18.9 155 16 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.5 14.80 4 850 1490 16.7 16.5 98 0.2 16.5 153 20 303.7 306.2 295.6 345.2 14.00 5 800 2005 13.8 13.5 98 0.2 13.6 165 23 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.6 12.28 6 750 2547 10.0 9.3 96 0.7 9.6 167 20 307.4 309.3 293.6 337.3 9.87 7 700 3117 6.0 3.8 86 2.1 4.8 158 23 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.2 7.22 8 650 3720 1.7 0.9 94 0.8 1.3 160 25 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.5 6.30 9 600 4362 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 173 21 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.2 5.62 10 550 5051 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.4 190 14 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.8 4.62 11 500 5794 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.5 -9.6 203 15 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.60 12 450 6603 -13.6 -15.0 89 1.5 -14.1 212 18 326.1 326.7 293.1 335.1 2.64 13 400 7489 -19.1 -22.2 76 3.1 -20.0 219 20 330.2 330.5 293.3 335.9 1.61 14 350 8466 -27.4 -29.9 79 2.5 -27.9 225 19 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.91 15 300 9556 -36.4 -39.3 74 2.9 -36.7 219 20 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.42 16 250 10791 -47.1 -50.5 68 3.4 -47.3 203 30 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.15 17 200 12226 -59.2 -63.1 60 4.0 -59.2 201 48 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 14059 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 214 23 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16664 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 195 14 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.81 m Freezing level: 622.81 mb = 4069.22 m = 13350.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.66 mb = 4000.53 m = 13124.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.96 mb = 1065.06 m = 3494.25 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.54 mb = 1423.58 m = 4670.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.55 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 40.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1935.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.08 mb = 1348.13 m = 4422.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.08 mb = 1498.82 m = 4917.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.08 mb = 12583.68 m = 41284.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1923.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.08 mb = 15024.14 m = 49291.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.8 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 202.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -7.5 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 234.29 Bulk Shear: 8.26 m/s