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: 53.07,-112.39 Latitude: 53.07 Longitude: -112.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 533 SFC 931 713 21.3 18.5 84 2.8 19.4 270 11 300.6 303.2 295.1 343.3 14.56 3 900 1002 19.2 16.9 86 2.4 17.6 286 16 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.2 13.56 4 850 1493 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.0 298 1 304.7 306.9 294.2 339.5 11.64 5 800 2010 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.7 109 8 306.0 307.9 293.3 336.1 9.99 6 750 2550 9.4 8.2 92 1.3 8.6 108 10 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.4 9.11 7 700 3120 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 5.0 118 16 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.8 7.68 8 650 3722 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.0 135 17 311.0 312.2 291.6 329.8 6.05 9 600 4364 -1.6 -3.3 88 1.7 -2.4 160 15 314.3 315.2 291.7 330.1 5.00 10 550 5053 -4.8 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 164 17 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.72 11 500 5796 -9.4 -14.7 66 5.2 -11.3 161 19 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.45 12 450 6602 -14.8 -25.6 39 10.9 -17.6 166 22 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.4 1.06 13 400 7482 -20.5 -39.7 16 19.2 -23.5 168 28 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.30 14 350 8455 -27.9 -43.7 21 15.8 -29.7 170 30 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.23 15 300 9539 -37.7 -46.7 38 9.0 -38.4 176 27 332.2 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 16 250 10768 -48.5 -52.6 62 4.1 -48.6 193 24 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12200 -56.4 -65.3 31 9.0 -56.5 183 26 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14054 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 208 21 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16664 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 208 10 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.88 m Freezing level: 623.58 mb = 4060.95 m = 13323.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.31 mb = 3905.16 m = 12812.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.24 mb = 1066.46 m = 3498.85 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 13.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1980.55 m = 6497.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.42 mb = 1600.05 m = 5249.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.42 mb = 2281.94 m = 7486.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.42 mb = 11753.07 m = 38559.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.42 mb = 13866.57 m = 45493.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 182.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 13.02 Bulk Shear: 84.56 m/s