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: 49.39,-96.09 Latitude: 49.39 Longitude: -96.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 972 344 24.0 21.2 84 2.9 22.0 138 10 299.6 302.6 296.1 347.7 16.47 2 950 547 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 20.9 146 18 300.2 303.2 295.9 346.8 15.89 3 900 1018 20.7 18.1 85 2.5 18.9 191 28 302.8 305.5 295.8 346.2 14.68 4 850 1510 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 208 33 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.3 13.59 5 800 2025 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 224 37 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.1 11.70 6 750 2565 9.0 7.2 88 1.8 7.9 237 37 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.1 8.52 7 700 3133 5.7 -1.3 61 7.0 2.1 251 34 308.8 309.7 290.0 324.2 4.98 8 650 3736 3.0 -6.1 51 9.1 -1.2 259 29 312.3 313.1 290.0 324.2 3.74 9 600 4380 -0.2 -12.1 40 11.9 -5.0 261 25 315.9 316.4 290.0 324.1 2.51 10 550 5071 -4.6 -15.6 42 10.9 -8.6 262 24 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.06 11 500 5813 -9.6 -22.9 33 13.3 -13.5 261 26 321.3 321.6 290.5 325.5 1.22 12 450 6617 -15.4 -26.2 39 10.8 -18.1 266 25 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 1.00 13 400 7495 -21.9 -38.1 22 16.2 -24.4 277 24 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.36 14 350 8461 -29.9 -43.3 26 13.5 -31.3 286 30 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.24 15 300 9540 -38.2 -52.6 21 14.4 -39.1 264 19 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 16 250 10770 -47.1 -59.8 22 12.7 -47.5 214 17 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 17 200 12212 -55.3 -64.5 31 9.2 -55.5 242 16 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14060 -53.0 -80.5 2 27.4 -53.5 246 9 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 197 7 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.91 m Freezing level: 603.17 mb = 4339.47 m = 14236.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.13 mb = 3512.23 m = 11522.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.66 mb = 707.51 m = 2321.20 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 23.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1361.01 m = 4465.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.96 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2176.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.20 mb = 1121.75 m = 3680.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.20 mb = 1568.35 m = 5145.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.20 mb = 12401.24 m = 40685.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2154.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.20 mb = 15271.59 m = 50103.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 466.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 466.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.69 Bulk Rich Number: 15.75 Bulk Shear: 138.22 m/s