MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.44,-112.23 Latitude: 52.44 Longitude: -112.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 543 SFC 927 752 21.8 19.1 85 2.6 19.9 275 8 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.2 15.22 3 900 1013 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.2 285 11 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.5 14.18 4 850 1504 17.2 13.8 80 3.5 15.0 220 2 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.1 11.72 5 800 2019 13.2 11.7 91 1.5 12.3 125 6 305.2 307.2 293.8 337.8 10.88 6 750 2559 9.1 8.7 97 0.4 8.9 117 9 306.5 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.48 7 700 3128 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 121 15 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.8 7.94 8 650 3730 1.9 1.0 94 0.9 1.4 135 16 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.8 6.36 9 600 4372 -1.9 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.5 152 15 313.9 314.9 291.7 329.9 5.07 10 550 5061 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.3 -5.1 154 14 318.2 319.2 292.6 333.4 4.70 11 500 5805 -8.9 -11.8 79 3.0 -10.1 153 18 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.5 3.09 12 450 6613 -14.8 -21.4 57 6.6 -16.7 162 19 324.6 324.9 291.7 329.9 1.53 13 400 7492 -21.1 -39.8 17 18.7 -23.9 165 24 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.8 0.30 14 350 8463 -28.3 -52.8 8 24.5 -30.4 165 27 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.08 15 300 9546 -38.2 -53.1 19 14.9 -39.1 165 27 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10770 -48.9 -57.5 36 8.6 -49.2 165 25 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12204 -56.2 -67.1 24 10.9 -56.4 175 24 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14058 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 199 17 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 228 6 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.16 m Freezing level: 625.27 mb = 4047.91 m = 13280.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 3957.71 m = 12984.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.27 mb = 1087.03 m = 3566.33 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1801.77 m = 5911.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1358.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.03 mb = 1573.65 m = 5162.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.03 mb = 2039.48 m = 6691.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.03 mb = 11951.16 m = 39209.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1352.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.03 mb = 14143.19 m = 46400.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 178.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: -3.8 tot: 49.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 24.67 Bulk Shear: 55.04 m/s