MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.87,-112.09 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -112.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 532 SFC 932 700 20.9 19.0 89 1.9 19.5 262 11 300.0 302.8 295.3 343.9 14.97 3 900 1001 19.7 16.6 82 3.2 17.6 286 20 301.9 304.3 294.6 341.1 13.31 4 850 1493 17.7 14.0 79 3.7 15.3 297 3 304.7 306.9 294.4 340.2 11.90 5 800 2009 13.9 11.2 83 2.8 12.1 106 8 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.5 10.48 6 750 2550 9.5 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 107 11 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.66 7 700 3120 5.6 5.5 99 0.2 5.5 109 16 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.4 8.10 8 650 3722 1.7 1.4 97 0.4 1.5 124 17 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.1 6.51 9 600 4364 -1.8 -2.3 96 0.5 -2.0 142 17 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.41 10 550 5053 -4.8 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.9 153 17 318.4 319.4 292.7 333.9 4.78 11 500 5797 -9.3 -11.4 85 2.1 -10.2 154 19 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.3 3.20 12 450 6603 -14.6 -19.6 65 5.1 -16.2 161 22 324.9 325.3 292.0 331.1 1.79 13 400 7485 -20.3 -26.2 59 5.9 -21.7 165 25 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.6 1.12 14 350 8459 -27.8 -36.4 44 8.6 -29.1 171 28 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.48 15 300 9544 -37.6 -47.0 37 9.4 -38.3 176 27 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10772 -48.6 -53.9 54 5.3 -48.8 187 23 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12204 -56.4 -65.7 30 9.2 -56.6 182 26 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14057 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 208 20 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 211 9 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.89 m Freezing level: 625.19 mb = 4040.79 m = 13257.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 3993.16 m = 13100.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.01 mb = 942.91 m = 3093.51 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 1948.75 m = 6393.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 40.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.68 mb = 1586.49 m = 5204.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.68 mb = 2267.60 m = 7439.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.68 mb = 12024.30 m = 39449.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.68 mb = 14245.37 m = 46736.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.3 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 173.3 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 148.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 109.96 m/s