MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.52,-112.69 Latitude: 54.52 Longitude: -112.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 544 SFC 936 671 23.7 17.8 69 5.9 19.6 323 0 302.5 305.0 295.1 343.2 13.79 3 900 1015 22.6 12.7 53 9.9 16.1 155 9 304.8 306.7 293.2 335.6 10.28 4 850 1509 18.4 11.5 64 6.9 14.0 163 12 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.6 10.06 5 800 2025 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.6 160 13 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.5 10.03 6 750 2565 8.9 8.0 94 1.0 8.3 160 14 306.3 307.9 292.6 333.4 8.99 7 700 3133 5.1 3.0 86 2.1 3.9 158 17 308.1 309.4 291.4 329.0 6.81 8 650 3734 1.4 -3.0 73 4.4 -0.7 150 17 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.3 4.73 9 600 4375 -0.8 -13.0 39 12.1 -5.5 154 15 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.9 2.35 10 550 5066 -3.3 -45.4 2 42.1 -11.0 155 15 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.7 0.12 11 500 5810 -9.3 -39.2 7 29.9 -15.0 150 16 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.25 12 450 6614 -15.1 -36.0 15 20.9 -19.0 154 17 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.39 13 400 7492 -21.5 -41.2 15 19.7 -24.3 168 18 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8461 -29.1 -47.7 15 18.6 -30.9 169 21 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.15 15 300 9544 -37.3 -56.5 12 19.2 -38.4 172 25 332.7 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.06 16 250 10775 -47.8 -60.2 22 12.5 -48.1 178 28 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12207 -57.8 -65.0 39 7.2 -58.0 189 14 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14049 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.6 231 9 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16656 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 286 6 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.99 m Freezing level: 618.53 mb = 4137.69 m = 13574.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.91 mb = 3635.88 m = 11928.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.48 mb = 1423.23 m = 4669.34 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.94 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2298.82 m = 7541.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 477.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.88 mb = 2152.52 m = 7061.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.88 mb = 2422.15 m = 7946.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.88 mb = 5024.16 m = 16483.26 ft B at Equ Level: 120.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.88 mb = 13139.91 m = 43109.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.2 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 185.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -17.1 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 54.25 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s