MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.24,-112.13 Latitude: 54.24 Longitude: -112.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 553 SFC 938 667 24.3 17.9 67 6.4 19.9 202 0 303.0 305.6 295.3 344.2 13.90 3 900 1025 22.8 12.7 53 10.1 16.2 169 7 305.0 306.9 293.3 335.9 10.32 4 850 1520 19.0 10.5 58 8.6 13.6 174 12 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.4 9.41 5 800 2037 14.1 9.2 73 4.8 11.1 168 13 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.9 9.19 6 750 2577 9.3 5.0 74 4.3 6.8 165 14 306.7 308.1 291.4 328.9 7.31 7 700 3145 5.2 -3.3 54 8.6 1.1 164 15 308.3 309.1 289.2 321.5 4.27 8 650 3746 2.2 -10.4 39 12.6 -3.1 160 10 311.4 311.9 288.7 319.9 2.65 9 600 4388 -0.9 -18.6 25 17.7 -6.9 152 7 315.1 315.3 288.7 320.0 1.47 10 550 5076 -4.9 -42.6 3 37.7 -11.9 153 11 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.9 0.16 11 500 5818 -9.8 -39.7 7 29.8 -15.3 152 12 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.24 12 450 6622 -15.4 -34.5 18 19.1 -19.1 160 11 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 13 400 7499 -21.4 -42.9 13 21.4 -24.4 167 10 327.1 327.2 291.1 328.0 0.22 14 350 8468 -28.6 -49.6 11 21.0 -30.6 180 12 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.12 15 300 9553 -37.7 -54.2 16 16.5 -38.7 188 17 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 16 250 10780 -48.6 -57.9 33 9.3 -48.9 182 17 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 17 200 12208 -56.8 -64.8 36 8.0 -57.0 205 12 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14053 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.1 243 12 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 271 7 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.59 m Freezing level: 614.85 mb = 4197.06 m = 13769.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.09 mb = 3295.88 m = 10813.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.77 mb = 1481.40 m = 4860.19 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2425.73 m = 7958.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 535.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.10 mb = 2247.45 m = 7373.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.10 mb = 2630.95 m = 8631.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.10 mb = 11173.25 m = 36657.19 ft B at Equ Level: 535.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.10 mb = 13060.54 m = 42849.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.9 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 190.9 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -6.1 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 103.21 Bulk Shear: 5.19 m/s