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: 49.88,-108.55 Latitude: 49.88 Longitude: -108.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 576 SFC 914 918 24.1 17.7 68 6.4 19.6 81 7 305.0 307.6 296.0 347.1 14.09 3 900 1051 22.7 16.6 68 6.1 18.5 87 10 304.9 307.4 295.4 344.7 13.33 4 850 1547 19.3 14.2 72 5.1 15.9 110 18 306.4 308.7 295.0 342.7 12.08 5 800 2065 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 126 19 306.9 309.1 294.7 341.8 11.59 6 750 2608 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.5 162 19 308.4 310.1 293.6 337.1 9.44 7 700 3180 6.7 4.1 83 2.6 5.2 188 21 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.5 7.36 8 650 3785 3.0 -0.7 77 3.7 1.1 209 19 312.3 313.4 291.7 329.9 5.61 9 600 4428 -1.5 -3.7 85 2.2 -2.6 228 23 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.8 4.85 10 550 5116 -5.8 -7.6 87 1.8 -6.6 233 25 317.2 318.0 291.7 329.9 3.92 11 500 5858 -10.0 -11.9 86 1.9 -10.8 228 21 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.0 3.07 12 450 6662 -15.4 -18.2 79 2.9 -16.3 210 18 323.9 324.3 291.9 330.8 2.02 13 400 7541 -20.9 -23.9 76 3.1 -21.7 208 13 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.7 1.38 14 350 8515 -27.3 -31.8 65 4.5 -28.1 245 8 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.76 15 300 9605 -36.5 -40.7 65 4.2 -37.0 294 8 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 16 250 10838 -47.9 -52.1 62 4.2 -48.1 288 11 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12279 -54.9 -68.2 18 13.3 -55.2 285 14 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14122 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 294 19 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16703 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 324 15 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.88 m Freezing level: 616.80 mb = 4212.22 m = 13819.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 3970.12 m = 13025.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.51 mb = 1724.33 m = 5657.19 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2239.38 m = 7346.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 40.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.26 mb = 2062.26 m = 6765.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.26 mb = 2438.60 m = 8000.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.26 mb = 12111.13 m = 39734.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.26 mb = 14780.82 m = 48492.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 229.6 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 16.92 Bulk Shear: 85.66 m/s