MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.42,-97.79 Latitude: 49.42 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 983 248 25.0 21.7 82 3.3 22.6 188 10 299.6 302.7 296.4 348.8 16.85 2 950 550 23.4 20.0 81 3.4 20.9 197 21 300.9 303.8 295.9 346.9 15.64 3 900 1020 20.0 18.3 90 1.7 18.9 208 23 302.1 304.9 295.8 346.1 14.90 4 850 1512 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 232 26 304.0 306.5 295.4 344.5 13.64 5 800 2028 13.6 12.9 95 0.7 13.1 243 28 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.79 6 750 2569 9.4 8.1 91 1.3 8.6 250 28 306.8 308.4 292.8 334.1 9.05 7 700 3138 5.8 -0.7 63 6.5 2.4 261 25 308.9 309.8 290.2 324.9 5.19 8 650 3740 2.4 -7.4 48 9.8 -2.0 265 21 311.6 312.3 289.5 322.4 3.37 9 600 4382 -1.4 -18.5 26 17.1 -7.1 264 20 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.49 10 550 5069 -5.8 -23.8 23 17.9 -11.0 264 21 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.6 1.02 11 500 5808 -10.5 -27.9 22 17.5 -14.8 258 21 320.3 320.4 289.6 323.0 0.77 12 450 6610 -16.0 -35.3 17 19.3 -19.6 256 21 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.42 13 400 7484 -22.5 -40.4 18 17.9 -25.1 266 27 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.28 14 350 8449 -29.9 -46.2 19 16.4 -31.4 273 33 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 15 300 9528 -38.7 -50.1 29 11.4 -39.5 278 38 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 16 250 10751 -49.0 -55.6 46 6.6 -49.2 279 37 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12193 -53.5 -68.2 15 14.7 -53.8 265 31 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14053 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 239 19 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16656 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 218 7 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.73 m Freezing level: 618.38 mb = 4145.75 m = 13601.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.44 mb = 3464.15 m = 11365.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.44 mb = 665.49 m = 2183.34 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1272.31 m = 4174.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.97 C Showalter Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 26.55 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2441.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.16 mb = 1047.47 m = 3436.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.16 mb = 1590.94 m = 5219.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.16 mb = 12123.36 m = 39774.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2429.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.16 mb = 15370.92 m = 50428.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 184.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 54.62 Bulk Shear: 44.70 m/s