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: 53.50,-112.76 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -112.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 529 SFC 930 718 22.5 20.1 86 2.4 20.8 270 3 301.9 304.8 296.5 349.4 16.11 3 900 1001 20.9 16.4 76 4.5 17.8 295 1 303.0 305.5 294.8 342.1 13.18 4 850 1493 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.9 97 7 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.1 11.63 5 800 2008 13.3 11.4 89 1.9 12.1 100 10 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.3 10.68 6 750 2548 9.1 8.6 96 0.5 8.8 104 12 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.38 7 700 3117 5.6 4.3 91 1.3 4.8 127 20 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.5 7.46 8 650 3720 2.1 0.3 88 1.8 1.1 139 19 311.3 312.5 291.7 330.1 6.03 9 600 4363 -1.1 -3.2 86 2.1 -2.2 155 15 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.7 5.03 10 550 5053 -4.6 -7.7 79 3.1 -6.0 165 15 318.7 319.4 292.1 331.4 3.90 11 500 5798 -9.1 -16.8 54 7.7 -11.8 167 18 321.9 322.3 291.4 328.9 2.05 12 450 6604 -15.1 -24.2 46 9.1 -17.6 170 21 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.4 1.20 13 400 7482 -20.9 -35.4 26 14.5 -23.4 172 26 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.47 14 350 8453 -28.3 -41.6 27 13.4 -29.9 173 28 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.28 15 300 9537 -37.7 -47.8 34 10.1 -38.4 181 28 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 16 250 10765 -48.5 -53.7 55 5.2 -48.7 195 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12197 -56.8 -65.8 31 8.9 -57.0 186 29 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14050 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 207 22 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16663 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 206 11 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.09 m Freezing level: 617.67 mb = 4135.65 m = 13568.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.89 mb = 3934.26 m = 12907.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.95 mb = 1020.30 m = 3347.40 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.96 mb = 1861.24 m = 6106.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.14 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1299.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.95 mb = 1675.53 m = 5497.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.95 mb = 2040.24 m = 6693.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.95 mb = 11977.76 m = 39296.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1298.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.95 mb = 14182.55 m = 46530.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 175.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 35.79 Bulk Shear: 36.32 m/s