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: 49.30,-96.89 Latitude: 49.30 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 980 265 28.6 23.0 71 5.7 24.5 171 9 303.5 306.9 298.3 357.9 18.29 2 950 536 24.6 20.6 78 4.0 21.8 174 12 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.2 16.27 3 900 1011 23.4 15.6 62 7.8 18.1 215 20 305.6 307.9 295.0 342.9 12.45 4 850 1508 19.8 10.5 55 9.3 13.9 226 20 306.9 308.7 293.2 335.4 9.43 5 800 2026 15.7 6.3 54 9.4 10.1 237 21 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.8 7.51 6 750 2569 10.8 3.7 62 7.1 6.8 250 23 308.3 309.5 291.3 328.7 6.67 7 700 3140 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.1 259 27 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.4 6.76 8 650 3740 1.0 -7.1 55 8.1 -2.6 268 27 310.1 310.7 289.0 320.9 3.44 9 600 4379 -2.1 -11.3 49 9.1 -5.8 275 31 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.4 2.69 10 550 5066 -5.9 -18.3 37 12.4 -10.0 278 33 317.1 317.4 289.6 322.6 1.65 11 500 5806 -10.0 -28.2 21 18.3 -14.5 281 33 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 12 450 6611 -14.5 -39.7 10 25.3 -18.8 282 34 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.27 13 400 7491 -21.2 -32.0 37 10.8 -23.2 283 36 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.8 0.65 14 350 8461 -28.8 -37.6 43 8.8 -30.0 284 38 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.43 15 300 9544 -37.6 -45.5 44 7.9 -38.2 281 38 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.22 16 250 10774 -47.8 -54.3 47 6.4 -48.1 280 42 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 17 200 12212 -57.5 -65.6 35 8.1 -57.6 276 46 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14027 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 264 27 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16615 -55.6 -82.3 2 26.7 -56.1 233 8 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.53 m Freezing level: 634.25 mb = 3941.56 m = 12931.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.59 mb = 3499.57 m = 11481.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.73 mb = 984.75 m = 3230.77 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 29.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1938.97 m = 6361.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.38 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2456.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.09 mb = 1486.20 m = 4875.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.09 mb = 2270.77 m = 7449.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.09 mb = 12632.66 m = 41445.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2437.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.09 mb = 15608.01 m = 51206.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 25.87 Bulk Shear: 94.95 m/s