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: 53.41,-112.13 Latitude: 53.41 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 105 1 950 554 SFC 938 669 21.9 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 260 1 300.6 303.5 296.2 348.0 16.16 3 900 1023 22.1 13.6 59 8.5 16.5 153 5 304.2 306.3 293.6 336.9 10.94 4 850 1517 18.7 10.8 60 7.9 13.7 158 10 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.7 9.64 5 800 2034 14.2 7.2 63 7.0 10.0 151 13 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.5 8.00 6 750 2574 9.2 4.6 73 4.7 6.5 149 14 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.1 7.08 7 700 3141 4.9 -2.9 57 7.9 1.1 145 15 308.0 308.8 289.2 321.6 4.41 8 650 3742 1.7 -6.8 53 8.5 -2.1 142 16 310.9 311.5 289.4 322.0 3.53 9 600 4384 -0.8 -13.5 37 12.8 -5.7 140 15 315.2 315.7 289.5 322.6 2.24 10 550 5073 -4.8 -32.5 9 27.7 -11.3 146 17 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.0 0.45 11 500 5814 -10.1 -36.0 10 25.9 -15.3 149 17 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.0 0.35 12 450 6617 -15.5 -39.4 11 23.9 -19.6 149 16 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.8 0.28 13 400 7495 -21.4 -43.8 11 22.4 -24.4 155 15 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 14 350 8464 -28.4 -48.0 14 19.6 -30.4 162 18 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 15 300 9549 -37.8 -54.9 15 17.1 -38.8 165 22 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.07 16 250 10776 -48.7 -59.7 27 11.0 -49.0 168 24 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 17 200 12206 -56.7 -63.7 41 7.0 -56.9 182 17 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.1 0.04 18 150 14056 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 223 13 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16662 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 210 5 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.64 m Freezing level: 615.66 mb = 4182.65 m = 13722.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.73 mb = 3343.85 m = 10970.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.19 mb = 877.78 m = 2879.81 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 26.37 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.86 mb = 2279.52 m = 7478.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 756.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.13 mb = 2011.02 m = 6597.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.13 mb = 2494.81 m = 8184.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.13 mb = 11390.73 m = 37370.71 ft B at Equ Level: 755.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.13 mb = 13756.95 m = 45133.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.1 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 177.1 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 53.67 Bulk Shear: 14.10 m/s