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: 53.04,-112.29 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -112.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 531 SFC 931 708 21.7 18.5 82 3.2 19.5 268 10 300.9 303.6 295.2 343.8 14.59 3 900 1000 19.8 16.6 81 3.3 17.6 285 15 302.0 304.4 294.6 341.2 13.29 4 850 1493 18.1 13.4 74 4.8 15.0 254 0 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.3 11.41 5 800 2010 14.2 10.6 79 3.5 11.9 112 8 306.3 308.2 293.5 336.7 10.11 6 750 2551 9.5 8.5 94 1.0 8.9 109 10 306.9 308.6 293.1 335.1 9.33 7 700 3120 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 115 15 308.5 309.9 292.4 332.4 7.84 8 650 3722 1.6 0.5 93 1.1 1.0 131 16 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.8 6.13 9 600 4364 -1.7 -3.0 90 1.4 -2.3 157 15 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.11 10 550 5053 -4.6 -5.1 97 0.5 -4.8 163 17 318.6 319.5 292.8 333.9 4.76 11 500 5796 -9.5 -17.2 53 7.7 -12.1 160 19 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.99 12 450 6603 -14.6 -28.1 31 13.4 -17.9 165 22 324.8 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.84 13 400 7483 -20.4 -38.2 19 17.8 -23.3 167 27 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.7 0.35 14 350 8455 -27.9 -43.3 22 15.4 -29.7 170 29 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 15 300 9540 -37.7 -48.3 32 10.6 -38.5 176 26 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 16 250 10768 -48.5 -53.1 59 4.6 -48.7 191 23 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12201 -56.3 -65.4 31 9.1 -56.5 182 25 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14054 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 208 21 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 209 9 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.14 m Freezing level: 625.48 mb = 4036.84 m = 13244.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3911.99 m = 12834.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.88 mb = 1107.54 m = 3633.63 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2048.62 m = 6721.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 40.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.17 mb = 1683.85 m = 5524.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.17 mb = 2371.82 m = 7781.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.17 mb = 11701.45 m = 38390.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.17 mb = 14220.82 m = 46655.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 180.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 72.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 14.41 Bulk Shear: 75.80 m/s