MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 49.57,-96.70 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -96.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 989 263 30.7 14.8 38 15.9 20.0 211 9 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.0 10.77 2 950 616 26.0 13.0 44 13.0 17.5 214 11 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.94 3 900 1089 21.3 12.0 55 9.3 15.4 217 11 303.5 305.3 292.5 332.9 9.86 4 850 1580 16.5 11.1 70 5.4 13.1 219 11 303.4 305.3 292.4 332.7 9.83 5 800 2092 11.5 9.8 89 1.7 10.4 222 11 303.5 305.2 292.2 331.9 9.56 6 750 2628 7.8 -0.3 57 8.1 3.7 241 4 305.0 306.0 288.8 320.3 5.00 7 700 3194 4.9 -18.1 17 23.0 -3.0 214 1 307.9 308.2 286.1 312.2 1.31 8 650 3794 1.9 -21.0 16 22.8 -5.4 286 6 311.1 311.3 287.0 314.8 1.10 9 600 4433 -2.2 -21.9 20 19.7 -8.2 279 6 313.5 313.8 287.8 317.3 1.10 10 550 5120 -5.8 -23.8 23 18.1 -10.9 241 7 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.7 1.01 11 500 5858 -11.2 -21.4 42 10.3 -14.2 245 6 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.38 12 450 6658 -16.6 -32.2 25 15.6 -19.7 228 10 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.57 13 400 7530 -23.7 -39.8 21 16.1 -25.9 222 11 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.30 14 350 8491 -30.6 -54.3 8 23.7 -32.3 199 21 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.07 15 300 9565 -39.9 -55.9 17 15.9 -40.7 201 23 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10783 -49.7 -59.4 31 9.7 -50.0 194 23 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 17 200 12210 -58.1 -66.0 36 7.9 -58.2 193 18 340.7 340.8 294.5 340.9 0.03 18 150 14010 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.1 295 9 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16564 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 311 11 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.96 m Freezing level: 627.10 mb = 4086.68 m = 13407.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.66 mb = 2932.60 m = 9621.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.27 mb = 2246.76 m = 7371.15 ft T: 10.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 24.80 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2279.05 m = 7477.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 15.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.00 mb = 2249.67 m = 7380.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.00 mb = 2409.91 m = 7906.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.00 mb = 11044.23 m = 36233.91 ft B at Equ Level: 508.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.00 mb = 13226.94 m = 43394.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -5.5 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 185.91 Bulk Shear: 2.76 m/s