MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.28,-96.12 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -96.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 972 349 24.9 21.0 79 3.9 22.1 142 9 300.5 303.5 296.3 348.5 16.35 2 950 547 24.1 19.9 78 4.2 21.1 151 17 301.6 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.58 3 900 1019 21.4 17.6 79 3.7 18.8 194 26 303.5 306.2 295.7 345.8 14.24 4 850 1512 17.3 15.4 89 1.9 16.1 212 32 304.3 306.7 295.1 343.3 13.08 5 800 2028 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 224 36 305.3 307.5 294.6 340.9 11.88 6 750 2568 9.1 7.6 91 1.5 8.2 238 37 306.4 308.1 292.5 332.9 8.77 7 700 3136 5.4 -1.9 59 7.3 1.8 253 35 308.5 309.4 289.8 323.3 4.76 8 650 3738 2.7 -7.3 48 10.0 -1.8 261 31 312.0 312.7 289.6 322.9 3.41 9 600 4382 -0.2 -14.0 34 13.8 -5.5 263 28 315.9 316.3 289.6 323.0 2.15 10 550 5073 -4.7 -14.5 46 9.8 -8.4 263 26 318.5 319.0 290.6 326.0 2.26 11 500 5815 -9.7 -21.5 38 11.8 -13.2 261 26 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.0 1.37 12 450 6619 -15.4 -26.2 39 10.7 -18.1 266 25 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.3 1.00 13 400 7496 -21.8 -38.1 22 16.3 -24.4 278 25 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.36 14 350 8463 -29.8 -44.7 22 15.0 -31.3 287 31 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.20 15 300 9541 -38.4 -51.1 25 12.7 -39.2 267 20 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.12 16 250 10770 -47.2 -61.4 18 14.3 -47.6 212 17 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12213 -55.1 -64.3 31 9.2 -55.3 244 16 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14061 -53.3 -80.5 2 27.2 -53.8 249 10 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 199 7 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.01 m Freezing level: 603.55 mb = 4336.67 m = 14227.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.13 mb = 3429.80 m = 11252.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.24 mb = 843.94 m = 2768.81 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 25.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1503.57 m = 4932.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2191.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.74 mb = 1294.53 m = 4247.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.74 mb = 1646.16 m = 5400.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.74 mb = 12318.42 m = 40414.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2177.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.74 mb = 15669.34 m = 51407.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 447.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 447.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.28 Bulk Rich Number: 16.29 Bulk Shear: 134.50 m/s