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: 50.34,-97.39 Latitude: 50.34 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 981 260 27.8 19.5 61 8.3 21.9 164 14 302.6 305.3 295.8 346.2 14.74 2 950 538 23.1 18.7 76 4.5 20.0 167 17 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.9 14.40 3 900 1007 18.6 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 173 18 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.5 14.23 4 850 1496 15.6 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 227 19 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.7 11.89 5 800 2008 12.1 9.6 85 2.5 10.5 241 21 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.1 9.40 6 750 2546 8.8 3.4 69 5.3 5.8 234 23 306.1 307.3 290.6 325.9 6.53 7 700 3114 6.3 -0.3 63 6.5 2.8 225 23 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.0 5.36 8 650 3719 3.2 -3.9 59 7.1 -0.3 220 22 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.5 4.40 9 600 4363 -0.6 -7.8 58 7.2 -3.8 226 21 315.4 316.1 290.8 326.8 3.53 10 550 5053 -5.0 -14.8 46 9.8 -8.6 231 20 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.5 2.21 11 500 5794 -10.1 -27.1 23 17.0 -14.4 234 18 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.7 0.83 12 450 6598 -14.8 -42.1 8 27.3 -19.1 244 16 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.21 13 400 7477 -22.1 -31.4 43 9.3 -23.9 253 17 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.69 14 350 8443 -28.4 -31.4 75 3.0 -28.9 223 11 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.79 15 300 9530 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 196 15 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10763 -47.4 -51.3 64 4.0 -47.6 207 19 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.14 17 200 12205 -56.3 -64.8 34 8.4 -56.5 209 21 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14055 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 213 17 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16654 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 185 8 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.73 m Freezing level: 608.19 mb = 4257.42 m = 13967.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.40 mb = 3663.56 m = 12019.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.81 mb = 1298.64 m = 4260.57 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 20.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1224.84 m = 4018.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1488.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.47 mb = 1165.26 m = 3822.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.47 mb = 1311.78 m = 4303.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.47 mb = 12254.06 m = 40203.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1464.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.47 mb = 14567.15 m = 47791.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -13.9 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 37.42 Bulk Shear: 39.78 m/s