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: 49.83,-108.72 Latitude: 49.83 Longitude: -108.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 577 SFC 909 959 23.0 18.0 73 5.0 19.5 86 7 304.3 307.0 296.0 347.3 14.42 3 900 1050 22.0 17.1 73 5.0 18.6 88 10 304.2 306.8 295.6 345.1 13.74 4 850 1545 19.0 14.7 76 4.4 16.1 111 19 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.4 12.43 5 800 2064 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 133 20 306.9 309.1 294.8 341.9 11.61 6 750 2607 11.1 8.2 83 2.8 9.3 168 20 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.5 9.17 7 700 3179 7.0 4.2 82 2.8 5.4 192 20 310.2 311.6 292.5 333.0 7.41 8 650 3785 3.2 -0.7 76 3.9 1.2 217 19 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.2 5.61 9 600 4428 -1.5 -3.9 84 2.4 -2.7 233 23 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.5 4.78 10 550 5116 -6.0 -7.8 87 1.8 -6.8 238 24 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.5 3.87 11 500 5857 -10.1 -11.6 89 1.5 -10.7 230 20 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.1 3.14 12 450 6661 -15.3 -17.6 83 2.2 -16.0 212 16 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.3 2.14 13 400 7541 -20.8 -23.8 77 3.0 -21.6 216 10 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.40 14 350 8515 -27.3 -31.9 65 4.6 -28.1 254 6 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.8 0.76 15 300 9605 -36.4 -40.4 66 4.0 -36.8 295 8 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.37 16 250 10838 -47.9 -51.7 64 3.9 -48.0 286 11 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12279 -54.9 -67.3 20 12.4 -55.2 284 15 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14123 -54.0 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 293 19 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16705 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 324 15 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.10 m Freezing level: 616.04 mb = 4221.92 m = 13851.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.59 mb = 3977.82 m = 13050.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.06 mb = 1595.06 m = 5233.07 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2196.19 m = 7205.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 41.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1485.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.02 mb = 1988.89 m = 6525.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.02 mb = 2473.09 m = 8113.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.02 mb = 12214.15 m = 40072.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1465.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.02 mb = 14935.95 m = 49001.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.82 Bulk Rich Number: 16.72 Bulk Shear: 88.86 m/s