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: 52.84,-112.79 Latitude: 52.84 Longitude: -112.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 541 SFC 928 745 25.4 18.4 65 7.0 20.5 294 7 305.0 307.7 296.3 348.3 14.49 3 900 1013 20.9 17.2 79 3.7 18.4 296 7 303.0 305.6 295.3 344.0 13.84 4 850 1505 16.8 13.6 82 3.1 14.7 268 4 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.3 11.63 5 800 2020 13.6 10.2 80 3.5 11.4 138 10 305.7 307.5 293.1 335.1 9.80 6 750 2560 9.1 6.4 83 2.7 7.5 131 14 306.5 308.0 292.0 330.9 8.08 7 700 3128 5.1 0.3 71 4.8 2.6 139 17 308.2 309.2 290.4 325.5 5.61 8 650 3730 1.6 -3.1 71 4.7 -0.7 156 15 310.8 311.7 290.4 325.5 4.68 9 600 4370 -1.5 -19.0 25 17.5 -7.4 157 15 314.4 314.6 288.5 319.1 1.42 10 550 5059 -4.6 -27.0 15 22.4 -10.6 151 19 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.3 0.76 11 500 5802 -9.3 -24.6 28 15.2 -13.5 159 21 321.7 321.9 290.4 325.3 1.05 12 450 6608 -15.1 -22.2 55 7.1 -17.1 167 22 324.3 324.5 291.5 329.2 1.44 13 400 7486 -21.3 -35.5 26 14.3 -23.7 165 25 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.46 14 350 8457 -28.3 -45.6 17 17.3 -30.2 168 26 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.18 15 300 9540 -38.1 -50.3 27 12.2 -38.9 167 28 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.13 16 250 10765 -48.9 -58.3 32 9.4 -49.2 165 27 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12199 -56.3 -66.9 25 10.6 -56.5 175 25 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 14052 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 197 18 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16661 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 225 7 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.98 m Freezing level: 624.17 mb = 4060.54 m = 13321.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.41 mb = 3600.56 m = 11812.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.48 mb = 1631.10 m = 5351.32 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 22.84 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1902.63 m = 6242.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.16 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.09 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.84 mb = 1719.19 m = 5640.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.84 mb = 2190.82 m = 7187.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.84 mb = 12076.42 m = 39620.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1365.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.84 mb = 14321.92 m = 46987.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.9 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 184.9 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -3.2 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 24.51 Bulk Shear: 56.29 m/s