MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.34,-109.25 Latitude: 49.34 Longitude: -109.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 570 SFC 906 983 24.6 18.7 70 5.9 20.4 114 8 306.2 309.1 297.0 351.7 15.16 3 900 1046 23.7 17.7 69 5.9 19.5 115 8 305.9 308.6 296.4 348.9 14.35 4 850 1543 18.9 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 125 14 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.6 13.89 5 800 2061 14.9 13.0 88 1.9 13.6 141 15 307.0 309.2 295.0 342.7 11.83 6 750 2605 11.5 9.8 89 1.8 10.4 182 15 309.1 311.0 294.3 340.0 10.17 7 700 3179 7.7 4.8 82 2.9 6.0 210 14 311.0 312.4 293.0 334.8 7.72 8 650 3786 4.1 -2.2 63 6.3 0.9 215 14 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.4 5.00 9 600 4432 -0.3 -7.3 59 7.0 -3.4 233 15 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.7 3.69 10 550 5121 -5.8 -11.6 63 5.8 -8.1 239 17 317.2 317.8 290.7 326.6 2.86 11 500 5860 -11.2 -14.0 79 2.8 -12.2 242 12 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.0 2.59 12 450 6662 -15.7 -18.5 80 2.7 -16.6 237 7 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.2 1.98 13 400 7541 -20.6 -24.4 72 3.7 -21.6 277 3 328.2 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.33 14 350 8516 -27.0 -32.8 58 5.9 -28.0 300 8 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.9 0.69 15 300 9607 -36.4 -42.1 56 5.7 -37.0 296 6 334.1 334.1 293.2 335.3 0.31 16 250 10840 -47.5 -52.6 56 5.1 -47.8 270 11 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12283 -54.6 -63.4 33 8.7 -54.8 272 16 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14127 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 289 16 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16712 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 318 13 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.17 m Freezing level: 602.95 mb = 4393.95 m = 14415.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.64 mb = 3915.64 m = 12846.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.89 mb = 1726.80 m = 5665.28 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 25.17 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 2017.13 m = 6617.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 27.51 C K Index: 43.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.40 mb = 1918.87 m = 6295.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.40 mb = 2184.00 m = 7165.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.40 mb = 12334.66 m = 40467.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1965.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.40 mb = 15118.26 m = 49599.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 52.95 Bulk Shear: 37.29 m/s