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: 50.48,-97.15 Latitude: 50.48 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 244 25.3 21.1 78 4.2 22.3 195 13 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.6 16.29 2 950 539 24.0 19.0 74 4.9 20.5 204 24 301.5 304.2 295.5 344.9 14.74 3 900 1010 20.1 17.5 85 2.5 18.4 209 27 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.0 14.16 4 850 1501 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 219 28 303.2 305.6 294.8 342.2 13.14 5 800 2015 12.9 12.4 97 0.5 12.6 232 30 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.8 11.36 6 750 2555 9.0 7.6 91 1.4 8.2 238 31 306.4 308.0 292.5 332.9 8.78 7 700 3123 5.4 2.0 78 3.5 3.5 241 28 308.5 309.7 291.1 327.9 6.32 8 650 3726 2.2 -2.5 72 4.6 -0.2 244 25 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.92 9 600 4367 -1.6 -5.9 72 4.3 -3.6 248 24 314.3 315.1 291.0 327.4 4.11 10 550 5055 -5.7 -15.1 47 9.4 -9.1 251 24 317.3 317.7 290.1 324.4 2.14 11 500 5795 -10.4 -19.9 46 9.5 -13.4 253 23 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.7 1.57 12 450 6598 -16.0 -26.8 39 10.8 -18.6 250 22 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.95 13 400 7471 -23.4 -36.7 28 13.3 -25.4 256 24 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.41 14 350 8433 -30.8 -38.0 49 7.2 -31.7 263 26 327.3 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.41 15 300 9508 -39.7 -48.1 41 8.4 -40.3 260 26 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 16 250 10726 -49.1 -57.2 38 8.1 -49.4 252 26 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12173 -51.7 -68.7 11 16.9 -52.1 241 26 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14046 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 247 21 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16658 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 188 4 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.38 m Freezing level: 621.05 mb = 4097.17 m = 13441.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.11 mb = 3699.19 m = 12136.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.63 mb = 774.72 m = 2541.71 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 20.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1340.59 m = 4398.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.73 C Showalter Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 38.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2230.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.30 mb = 1180.53 m = 3873.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.30 mb = 1527.91 m = 5012.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.30 mb = 11940.52 m = 39174.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2200.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.30 mb = 15102.98 m = 49549.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 154.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.09 Bulk Rich Number: 82.88 Bulk Shear: 26.92 m/s