MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 49.71,-100.91 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 962 445 26.0 19.2 66 6.9 21.2 148 8 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.67 2 950 551 24.8 18.2 67 6.5 20.2 149 10 302.3 304.9 295.2 343.7 14.00 3 900 1022 20.3 16.8 80 3.5 17.9 154 16 302.4 304.9 294.8 342.2 13.46 4 850 1513 16.5 14.2 87 2.2 15.0 166 22 303.4 305.6 294.1 339.3 12.10 5 800 2027 12.9 9.7 81 3.1 10.9 172 21 304.9 306.6 292.6 333.4 9.51 6 750 2566 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 170 19 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.12 7 700 3135 5.7 2.5 80 3.2 3.9 194 18 308.7 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.54 8 650 3737 1.8 -0.6 84 2.4 0.5 222 12 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.5 5.64 9 600 4380 -1.0 -6.6 66 5.6 -3.6 234 17 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.4 3.88 10 550 5070 -4.7 -16.3 40 11.6 -8.8 255 18 318.5 318.8 290.3 325.0 1.94 11 500 5811 -9.3 -40.3 6 31.0 -15.0 242 21 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.23 12 450 6616 -15.0 -47.2 5 32.1 -19.5 251 22 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.12 13 400 7495 -21.0 -40.7 15 19.7 -23.9 249 24 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.27 14 350 8467 -28.0 -41.6 26 13.6 -29.7 235 21 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.28 15 300 9555 -35.9 -44.5 41 8.5 -36.7 211 23 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.24 16 250 10793 -46.9 -53.3 48 6.4 -47.2 190 21 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 17 200 12229 -58.2 -66.0 36 7.7 -58.4 201 23 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14063 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 206 19 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16665 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 202 8 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.99 m Freezing level: 617.88 mb = 4150.07 m = 13615.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3820.15 m = 12533.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.05 mb = 1312.88 m = 4307.30 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1621.10 m = 5318.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1302.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.46 mb = 1478.31 m = 4850.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.46 mb = 1833.89 m = 6016.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.46 mb = 12278.09 m = 40281.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1297.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.46 mb = 14576.51 m = 47822.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -8.9 tot: 89.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 43.89 Bulk Shear: 29.67 m/s