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: 52.73,-112.46 Latitude: 52.73 Longitude: -112.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 539 SFC 930 730 25.7 19.0 67 6.7 20.9 284 6 305.1 307.9 296.7 350.2 15.07 3 900 1012 20.9 17.6 82 3.3 18.6 292 7 303.0 305.6 295.6 345.1 14.21 4 850 1504 17.9 12.8 72 5.1 14.6 220 1 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.7 10.96 5 800 2020 13.9 10.9 82 3.0 12.0 116 8 306.0 307.9 293.6 336.9 10.30 6 750 2561 9.1 8.3 95 0.8 8.6 113 11 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.2 9.20 7 700 3129 5.2 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 128 14 308.2 309.6 291.7 330.2 7.19 8 650 3731 1.6 -1.1 82 2.7 0.2 152 13 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.7 5.44 9 600 4372 -1.6 -9.8 54 8.2 -5.0 157 14 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.1 3.04 10 550 5061 -4.7 -17.8 35 13.1 -9.2 152 18 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.71 11 500 5804 -9.1 -23.8 29 14.6 -13.3 160 20 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.8 1.12 12 450 6610 -15.0 -27.5 33 12.5 -18.0 166 21 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.89 13 400 7488 -21.0 -47.4 7 26.3 -24.2 163 25 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.13 14 350 8460 -28.2 -52.0 8 23.8 -30.3 167 27 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.09 15 300 9543 -38.2 -52.3 21 14.1 -39.1 165 28 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10767 -48.9 -58.0 34 9.1 -49.2 162 28 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12201 -56.3 -67.4 24 11.1 -56.5 176 24 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 14055 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 198 17 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 228 7 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.73 m Freezing level: 624.95 mb = 4051.93 m = 13293.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.13 mb = 3754.04 m = 12316.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.51 mb = 1569.45 m = 5149.04 ft T: 17.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 26.08 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.20 mb = 1975.77 m = 6482.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.22 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1469.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.27 mb = 1776.22 m = 5827.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.27 mb = 2144.03 m = 7034.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.27 mb = 12257.25 m = 40213.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1438.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.27 mb = 14578.35 m = 47828.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 181.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 32.80 Bulk Shear: 44.80 m/s