MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 49.41,-109.52 Latitude: 49.41 Longitude: -109.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 604 SFC 905 1018 16.7 15.6 94 1.0 16.0 101 8 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.4 12.43 3 900 1066 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 99 8 297.7 299.9 292.6 333.3 12.28 4 850 1551 14.3 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 150 14 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.5 11.01 5 800 2062 11.8 9.4 86 2.3 10.3 183 15 303.7 305.4 292.1 331.5 9.32 6 750 2600 8.2 6.1 87 2.1 7.0 204 15 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.4 7.92 7 700 3167 4.7 3.1 89 1.6 3.8 211 13 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.6 6.84 8 650 3768 1.3 0.3 93 0.9 0.8 210 8 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.05 9 600 4410 -1.8 -2.5 94 0.8 -2.1 180 3 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.8 5.29 10 550 5099 -5.4 -7.0 88 1.6 -6.1 102 4 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.0 4.12 11 500 5842 -9.5 -11.6 85 2.0 -10.4 83 8 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.9 3.16 12 450 6647 -14.5 -16.6 84 2.1 -15.2 72 9 325.0 325.5 292.5 332.9 2.31 13 400 7529 -20.5 -22.8 82 2.3 -21.1 67 9 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.8 1.53 14 350 8504 -27.5 -30.1 78 2.7 -28.0 87 7 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.89 15 300 9593 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.7 59 2 334.2 334.2 293.3 335.7 0.42 16 250 10828 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.8 204 3 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12265 -56.0 -61.7 49 5.7 -56.1 280 19 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14117 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 308 7 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16693 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 325 20 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.66 m Freezing level: 628.95 mb = 4038.09 m = 13248.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3934.16 m = 12907.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.07 % Est. max temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.31 mb = 1148.85 m = 3769.16 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.93 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 2009.01 m = 6591.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.74 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.75 mb = 1673.80 m = 5491.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.75 mb = 2679.67 m = 8791.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.75 mb = 5494.66 m = 18026.87 ft B at Equ Level: 77.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.75 mb = 8242.63 m = 27042.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 188.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 18.77 Bulk Shear: 4.15 m/s