MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.68,-112.24 Latitude: 49.68 Longitude: -112.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 566 SFC 917 870 20.3 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 229 5 300.7 303.2 294.6 340.9 13.70 3 900 1039 22.8 13.6 56 9.1 16.7 233 11 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.8 10.96 4 850 1535 19.7 10.5 55 9.2 13.8 179 10 306.8 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.41 5 800 2054 15.6 7.8 59 7.9 10.9 179 8 307.8 309.4 292.6 333.1 8.31 6 750 2597 11.2 5.5 68 5.8 7.9 192 7 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.9 7.56 7 700 3169 7.0 2.8 75 4.2 4.6 199 8 310.2 311.5 292.0 330.9 6.69 8 650 3774 2.8 0.3 84 2.4 1.5 194 9 312.1 313.2 292.0 330.9 6.03 9 600 4417 -1.5 -2.4 94 0.9 -2.0 200 9 314.3 315.4 292.0 331.3 5.36 10 550 5106 -5.5 -6.4 93 1.0 -5.9 214 9 317.6 318.4 292.1 331.5 4.30 11 500 5849 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.2 -10.0 205 8 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.38 12 450 6655 -14.4 -15.8 89 1.4 -14.9 180 8 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.5 2.47 13 400 7537 -20.5 -22.5 84 2.0 -21.0 146 9 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.9 1.58 14 350 8511 -27.4 -32.1 64 4.7 -28.3 124 8 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.74 15 300 9601 -36.1 -48.6 26 12.5 -37.1 49 5 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.15 16 250 10839 -46.5 -55.7 34 9.2 -46.9 205 7 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12280 -56.0 -62.4 44 6.5 -56.1 179 10 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14131 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 282 8 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16722 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 333 6 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.47 m Freezing level: 617.85 mb = 4187.77 m = 13739.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 4044.20 m = 13268.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.99 mb = 1244.07 m = 4081.54 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.27 mb = 2863.85 m = 9395.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.66 mb = 2434.15 m = 7985.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.66 mb = 3531.15 m = 11585.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.66 mb = 9377.12 m = 30764.47 ft B at Equ Level: 207.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.66 mb = 12290.59 m = 40322.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -14.7 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 101.99 Bulk Shear: 2.04 m/s