MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.13,-112.26 Latitude: 53.13 Longitude: -112.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 554 SFC 934 703 21.8 19.6 87 2.2 20.2 1 1 300.8 303.6 295.8 346.4 15.54 3 900 1022 20.9 14.8 68 6.1 16.8 115 4 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.0 11.81 4 850 1516 18.3 11.7 65 6.6 14.1 152 12 305.4 307.3 293.3 336.0 10.22 5 800 2032 14.2 5.5 56 8.7 9.2 143 15 306.3 307.7 291.1 327.9 7.11 6 750 2572 9.3 3.7 68 5.6 6.2 138 17 306.7 307.9 290.9 326.9 6.66 7 700 3140 5.1 -4.5 50 9.6 0.5 136 16 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.3 3.90 8 650 3740 1.7 -9.6 43 11.4 -3.0 136 15 310.9 311.5 288.7 320.0 2.83 9 600 4382 -0.4 -28.4 10 28.1 -7.9 142 14 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.8 0.61 10 550 5071 -4.6 -35.9 7 31.3 -11.4 146 17 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.8 0.32 11 500 5813 -10.0 -38.1 8 28.1 -15.4 148 17 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.29 12 450 6616 -15.4 -43.9 7 28.5 -19.7 149 18 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.17 13 400 7493 -21.4 -47.8 7 26.4 -24.5 153 18 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 14 350 8463 -28.4 -49.6 11 21.1 -30.4 158 19 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 15 300 9547 -37.9 -55.1 15 17.3 -38.8 161 22 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 16 250 10775 -48.6 -60.8 23 12.2 -49.0 164 25 333.8 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.04 17 200 12205 -56.7 -63.3 43 6.6 -56.8 178 17 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14056 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 221 14 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16663 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 201 5 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.54 m Freezing level: 608.93 mb = 4267.40 m = 14000.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.35 mb = 3228.70 m = 10592.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.53 mb = 978.53 m = 3210.36 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 28.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.76 mb = 2235.57 m = 7334.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 784.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.54 mb = 1899.38 m = 6231.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.54 mb = 2488.32 m = 8163.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.54 mb = 11666.37 m = 38275.03 ft B at Equ Level: 770.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.54 mb = 13740.57 m = 45080.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 44.87 Bulk Shear: 17.49 m/s