MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.68,-101.52 Latitude: 50.68 Longitude: -101.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 956 498 25.5 16.8 58 8.7 19.5 158 8 302.5 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.66 2 950 558 24.9 15.9 57 9.0 18.8 159 9 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.2 12.06 3 900 1029 20.5 14.8 70 5.6 16.7 157 12 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.8 11.88 4 850 1519 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 155 13 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.1 11.68 5 800 2031 12.4 6.2 66 6.2 8.8 163 15 304.4 305.7 290.8 326.8 7.44 6 750 2570 9.7 2.8 62 6.9 5.9 185 9 307.1 308.2 290.6 326.2 6.25 7 700 3140 6.1 1.4 72 4.7 3.6 206 7 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.0 6.08 8 650 3743 2.0 -0.3 85 2.3 0.8 233 7 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.1 5.76 9 600 4386 -1.2 -8.7 56 7.6 -4.4 213 7 314.7 315.4 290.4 325.3 3.29 10 550 5074 -5.2 -20.3 29 15.1 -10.0 202 8 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.6 1.38 11 500 5814 -10.3 -26.4 25 16.1 -14.5 202 8 320.5 320.6 289.8 323.6 0.88 12 450 6617 -16.3 -33.0 22 16.7 -19.6 194 8 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.53 13 400 7490 -23.0 -39.3 21 16.3 -25.4 178 9 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.32 14 350 8451 -31.0 -42.6 31 11.6 -32.2 175 8 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.26 15 300 9525 -39.4 -43.6 64 4.2 -39.7 229 6 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.9 0.27 16 250 10746 -49.5 -53.2 65 3.7 -49.6 184 7 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12184 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.5 206 12 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14055 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 269 12 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16656 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 276 4 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.25 m Freezing level: 618.93 mb = 4142.57 m = 13590.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3836.18 m = 12585.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.67 mb = 1602.62 m = 5257.89 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1882.22 m = 6175.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 981.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.38 mb = 1726.78 m = 5665.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.38 mb = 2411.66 m = 7912.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.38 mb = 11161.81 m = 36619.66 ft B at Equ Level: 978.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.38 mb = 13459.27 m = 44157.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.3 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 216.3 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -156.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 318.99 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s