MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.90,-112.76 Latitude: 53.90 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 81 1 950 526 SFC 938 632 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.4 283 9 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.98 3 900 993 20.0 15.9 77 4.1 17.2 324 11 302.1 304.5 294.2 339.7 12.71 4 850 1485 17.5 12.3 72 5.2 14.1 106 7 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.3 10.66 5 800 2000 13.3 9.4 78 3.8 10.9 118 13 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.3 9.32 6 750 2540 8.9 7.9 93 1.0 8.3 116 15 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.2 8.95 7 700 3108 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 123 20 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.86 8 650 3710 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.0 135 23 310.3 311.5 291.7 329.8 6.30 9 600 4350 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.4 146 20 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.24 10 550 5038 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.7 160 21 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.0 4.47 11 500 5780 -10.0 -13.3 77 3.3 -11.2 164 25 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.75 12 450 6585 -15.0 -18.1 77 3.1 -16.0 168 29 324.4 324.8 292.1 331.3 2.04 13 400 7465 -20.6 -23.7 77 3.0 -21.4 174 33 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.2 1.42 14 350 8439 -27.7 -30.7 75 3.0 -28.2 178 35 331.5 331.6 292.9 334.6 0.85 15 300 9527 -36.8 -40.0 72 3.2 -37.1 188 35 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.39 16 250 10758 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.6 195 33 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12184 -59.0 -63.5 56 4.5 -59.1 190 25 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14035 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 212 20 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 221 12 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.03 m Freezing level: 632.17 mb = 3938.23 m = 12920.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.01 mb = 3896.58 m = 12783.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.86 mb = 757.62 m = 2485.61 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 12.37 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1946.31 m = 6385.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 39.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 867.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.26 mb = 1603.33 m = 5260.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.26 mb = 2284.30 m = 7494.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.26 mb = 12080.74 m = 39634.48 ft B at Equ Level: 859.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.26 mb = 13896.96 m = 45593.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.2 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 176.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 108.84 m/s