MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.10,-112.03 Latitude: 53.10 Longitude: -112.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 544 SFC 933 697 24.0 18.4 71 5.6 20.1 231 3 303.0 305.7 295.7 345.7 14.40 3 900 1014 20.2 16.2 78 3.9 17.5 205 3 302.3 304.7 294.5 340.8 13.02 4 850 1505 16.7 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 153 6 303.6 305.8 293.8 337.8 11.50 5 800 2019 12.5 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 134 9 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.06 6 750 2558 8.8 7.1 90 1.6 7.8 132 14 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.7 8.50 7 700 3125 5.0 -0.2 69 5.2 2.3 144 16 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.39 8 650 3727 2.7 -7.6 46 10.4 -1.9 141 15 312.0 312.7 289.5 322.6 3.31 9 600 4369 -1.6 -14.7 36 13.1 -6.5 144 16 314.2 314.6 289.0 321.0 2.04 10 550 5056 -4.6 -31.1 11 26.5 -11.1 140 18 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.52 11 500 5800 -8.6 -40.5 6 31.9 -14.6 140 22 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.4 0.22 12 450 6607 -14.9 -39.8 10 24.9 -19.1 144 26 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.27 13 400 7485 -21.1 -44.9 10 23.8 -24.2 145 33 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.17 14 350 8456 -28.1 -42.7 23 14.6 -29.9 148 32 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.25 15 300 9540 -37.8 -47.6 35 9.8 -38.6 154 29 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.17 16 250 10769 -48.0 -59.6 25 11.6 -48.3 151 28 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12205 -56.7 -64.2 38 7.5 -56.9 165 18 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14053 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 217 7 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 177 3 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.74 m Freezing level: 618.68 mb = 4129.27 m = 13547.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.68 mb = 3448.60 m = 11314.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.18 mb = 1402.78 m = 4602.24 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 25.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1798.19 m = 5899.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1014.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.06 mb = 1665.49 m = 5464.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.06 mb = 1923.27 m = 6309.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.06 mb = 11919.67 m = 39106.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1001.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.06 mb = 14093.46 m = 46237.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 172.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 38.44 Bulk Shear: 26.38 m/s