MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 49.08,-98.05 Latitude: 49.08 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 970 345 31.2 21.8 58 9.3 24.3 177 7 307.0 310.2 298.5 359.0 17.24 2 950 530 28.2 20.4 63 7.8 22.5 186 7 305.8 308.8 297.4 353.8 16.03 3 900 1007 23.7 17.8 69 5.9 19.6 220 11 306.0 308.6 296.4 349.1 14.39 4 850 1505 20.9 8.7 46 12.2 13.3 242 16 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.3 8.31 5 800 2025 16.5 6.2 50 10.3 10.3 243 20 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.6 7.45 6 750 2570 11.7 4.1 59 7.6 7.3 247 25 309.3 310.5 291.8 330.3 6.84 7 700 3142 6.2 2.6 78 3.6 4.2 253 27 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.7 6.61 8 650 3744 2.2 -6.4 53 8.6 -1.7 264 28 311.5 312.2 289.7 323.0 3.64 9 600 4386 -1.5 -9.7 53 8.3 -5.0 275 32 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.2 3.04 10 550 5074 -5.6 -11.3 64 5.7 -7.9 279 35 317.4 318.0 290.9 327.0 2.92 11 500 5815 -10.0 -14.6 69 4.6 -11.7 281 37 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.1 2.46 12 450 6620 -14.9 -21.8 55 6.9 -16.9 281 37 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.7 1.48 13 400 7500 -21.0 -34.0 30 12.9 -23.4 283 36 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.7 0.54 14 350 8469 -29.0 -36.6 48 7.6 -30.1 284 37 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.47 15 300 9552 -37.6 -46.7 38 9.1 -38.3 281 40 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10782 -47.8 -55.8 40 7.9 -48.1 278 44 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 17 200 12219 -57.5 -65.5 35 8.1 -57.6 270 44 341.7 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14031 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.6 265 30 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16613 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 244 8 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.61 m Freezing level: 620.01 mb = 4129.13 m = 13546.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.54 mb = 3564.19 m = 11693.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.87 mb = 1526.43 m = 5007.90 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 35.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2072.53 m = 6799.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.98 C = 91.37 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.41 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2830.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.64 mb = 1754.39 m = 5755.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.64 mb = 2340.65 m = 7679.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.64 mb = 12860.14 m = 42191.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2796.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.64 mb = 15969.48 m = 52392.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.7 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 294.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 34.98 Bulk Shear: 80.91 m/s