MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.97,-112.41 Latitude: 49.97 Longitude: -112.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 561 SFC 922 823 27.8 16.9 52 10.9 20.2 132 10 308.0 310.5 296.2 348.1 13.27 3 900 1040 25.4 16.1 57 9.2 18.9 133 13 307.6 310.1 295.9 346.6 12.91 4 850 1539 20.5 15.2 72 5.3 16.8 134 13 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.4 12.86 5 800 2059 15.5 13.7 89 1.9 14.3 137 12 307.7 310.0 295.6 345.1 12.38 6 750 2603 11.1 10.0 93 1.1 10.4 163 5 308.6 310.6 294.3 340.1 10.35 7 700 3176 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.2 269 2 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.6 7.39 8 650 3779 2.6 -6.1 53 8.7 -1.4 195 4 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.7 3.72 9 600 4423 -0.5 -9.1 52 8.6 -4.3 196 9 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.8 3.19 10 550 5113 -5.0 -15.4 44 10.4 -8.7 193 8 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.2 2.11 11 500 5855 -9.5 -22.7 33 13.2 -13.4 169 4 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.7 1.23 12 450 6661 -14.6 -25.6 39 11.0 -17.4 138 3 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.6 1.06 13 400 7542 -20.3 -33.0 31 12.6 -22.7 169 4 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.60 14 350 8516 -27.5 -45.2 17 17.7 -29.5 167 7 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.19 15 300 9603 -37.2 -48.7 30 11.4 -38.1 189 9 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.15 16 250 10834 -47.3 -57.1 32 9.8 -47.7 252 7 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12273 -55.6 -60.5 54 4.9 -55.7 245 10 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14124 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 282 10 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16714 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 307 10 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.04 m Freezing level: 608.51 mb = 4313.73 m = 14152.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.82 mb = 3644.99 m = 11958.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.41 mb = 2192.68 m = 7193.74 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2258.92 m = 7411.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.14 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 42.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1908.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.69 mb = 2211.16 m = 7254.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.69 mb = 2373.78 m = 7787.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.69 mb = 12579.61 m = 41271.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1872.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.69 mb = 15512.74 m = 50894.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.2 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 193.2 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 264.39 Bulk Shear: 7.22 m/s