MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.26,-97.31 Latitude: 49.26 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 984 239 28.7 20.7 62 8.0 22.9 177 15 303.2 306.2 296.7 350.1 15.78 2 950 545 24.1 19.3 75 4.8 20.7 179 19 301.6 304.4 295.7 345.9 15.01 3 900 1015 19.5 18.0 91 1.5 18.5 183 21 301.6 304.3 295.4 344.7 14.60 4 850 1507 16.6 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 221 28 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.3 13.02 5 800 2021 12.8 11.6 93 1.2 12.1 232 30 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.2 10.82 6 750 2560 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.9 245 32 306.3 307.7 291.5 329.0 7.48 7 700 3129 6.5 -0.6 60 7.2 2.8 245 33 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.9 5.22 8 650 3734 3.4 -3.8 59 7.2 -0.2 246 33 312.8 313.6 290.8 326.8 4.44 9 600 4378 -0.6 -7.2 61 6.5 -3.6 250 32 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.3 3.72 10 550 5069 -5.0 -10.6 65 5.5 -7.3 252 29 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.3 3.11 11 500 5810 -10.1 -18.9 49 8.7 -12.9 251 25 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 12 450 6613 -15.4 -34.6 18 19.2 -19.1 263 21 323.9 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 13 400 7490 -22.2 -36.0 28 13.7 -24.5 273 21 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.7 0.44 14 350 8455 -30.2 -42.8 28 12.6 -31.6 271 23 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.25 15 300 9534 -37.7 -54.7 15 17.0 -38.7 235 17 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10767 -46.8 -55.8 35 9.0 -47.1 187 20 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 17 200 12209 -55.9 -63.6 37 7.8 -56.0 221 18 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14058 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 225 15 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16654 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 195 8 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.47 m Freezing level: 607.91 mb = 4276.35 m = 14029.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.64 mb = 3700.87 m = 12141.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.91 mb = 1248.47 m = 4095.99 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 24.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1303.56 m = 4276.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2096.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.97 mb = 1198.93 m = 3933.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.97 mb = 1446.32 m = 4745.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.97 mb = 12339.93 m = 40484.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2085.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.97 mb = 15175.20 m = 49786.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 26.34 Bulk Shear: 79.60 m/s