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: 53.84,-112.99 Latitude: 53.84 Longitude: -112.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 528 SFC 938 641 23.3 19.4 79 3.9 20.6 319 4 302.0 304.8 296.0 347.1 15.30 3 900 1002 22.3 15.5 66 6.8 17.7 351 4 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.4 12.39 4 850 1496 17.7 13.9 78 3.8 15.1 57 5 304.7 306.8 294.3 339.9 11.80 5 800 2011 12.9 12.3 96 0.6 12.5 71 6 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.32 6 750 2551 9.4 9.2 99 0.1 9.3 94 10 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.4 9.81 7 700 3120 5.5 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 124 17 308.6 310.1 292.5 332.9 7.99 8 650 3723 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.7 143 17 311.0 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.59 9 600 4365 -1.7 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 165 17 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.26 10 550 5054 -4.5 -6.0 89 1.5 -5.2 165 20 318.8 319.6 292.6 333.1 4.44 11 500 5798 -9.9 -21.4 39 11.5 -13.3 170 21 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.7 1.38 12 450 6601 -15.5 -30.8 26 15.3 -18.8 175 22 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.65 13 400 7479 -20.9 -42.9 12 22.0 -23.9 175 27 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 14 350 8451 -28.1 -46.8 15 18.7 -30.0 177 29 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 15 300 9535 -38.0 -52.2 21 14.2 -38.9 179 30 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 16 250 10761 -48.7 -57.5 35 8.8 -49.0 182 32 333.6 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12195 -56.5 -66.8 26 10.2 -56.7 185 29 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 14047 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 208 23 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16660 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 206 11 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.50 m Freezing level: 623.79 mb = 4059.09 m = 13317.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.20 mb = 3996.20 m = 13110.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.40 mb = 1143.15 m = 3750.46 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1856.52 m = 6090.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.04 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 41.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1394.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.48 mb = 1764.87 m = 5790.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.48 mb = 1921.06 m = 6302.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.48 mb = 11927.71 m = 39132.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.48 mb = 14562.09 m = 47775.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 180.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 30.45 Bulk Shear: 45.82 m/s