MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.73,-112.72 Latitude: 51.73 Longitude: -112.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 543 SFC 918 843 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 257 4 301.5 304.3 295.9 346.7 15.37 3 900 1015 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.5 263 11 304.2 306.4 294.5 340.8 12.29 4 850 1509 18.1 13.3 73 4.9 15.0 283 5 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.1 11.35 5 800 2025 13.6 11.9 89 1.7 12.6 353 1 305.7 307.7 294.0 338.8 11.03 6 750 2566 9.8 9.1 96 0.7 9.3 75 5 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.6 9.72 7 700 3137 6.3 5.4 94 0.9 5.8 90 11 309.4 311.0 292.9 334.2 8.08 8 650 3741 2.9 1.6 91 1.3 2.1 111 14 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.8 6.61 9 600 4386 -0.8 -3.0 85 2.2 -1.9 121 16 315.2 316.2 292.1 331.4 5.11 10 550 5077 -4.4 -5.2 94 0.8 -4.8 129 19 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.2 4.73 11 500 5823 -8.9 -11.2 83 2.3 -9.8 131 20 322.2 322.9 292.5 333.0 3.25 12 450 6630 -14.5 -19.0 69 4.5 -15.9 124 16 325.0 325.4 292.2 331.6 1.90 13 400 7512 -20.2 -43.8 10 23.5 -23.5 110 10 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.20 14 350 8485 -28.1 -34.0 57 5.9 -29.1 101 9 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.1 0.61 15 300 9574 -36.4 -39.5 73 3.1 -36.7 139 3 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10807 -47.8 -51.6 65 3.8 -48.0 229 6 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12244 -55.5 -63.2 38 7.7 -55.7 170 6 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14096 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 221 4 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16692 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 320 3 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.78 m Freezing level: 611.01 mb = 4243.82 m = 13923.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.67 mb = 4074.33 m = 13367.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.17 mb = 1081.10 m = 3546.88 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.33 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2113.83 m = 6935.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.30 mb = 1948.03 m = 6391.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.30 mb = 2320.70 m = 7613.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.30 mb = 11563.14 m = 37936.35 ft B at Equ Level: 817.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.30 mb = 13588.67 m = 44581.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.1 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 152.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.9 neg: -13.1 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 15.87 Bulk Shear: 51.72 m/s