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: 54.29,-112.53 Latitude: 54.29 Longitude: -112.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 519 SFC 932 682 23.2 18.3 74 4.9 19.8 351 4 302.3 304.9 295.4 344.6 14.32 3 900 993 22.7 13.9 58 8.7 16.8 51 5 304.9 306.9 293.9 338.3 11.18 4 850 1488 19.5 9.4 52 10.1 13.1 138 12 306.5 308.2 292.5 332.9 8.71 5 800 2005 14.4 8.2 66 6.2 10.6 137 13 306.5 308.1 292.3 332.4 8.55 6 750 2546 9.2 7.2 87 2.0 8.0 137 14 306.6 308.1 292.3 332.3 8.52 7 700 3113 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 138 19 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.6 7.31 8 650 3714 1.1 -1.3 84 2.3 -0.2 144 23 310.2 311.2 290.8 326.8 5.36 9 600 4354 -2.2 -6.6 72 4.4 -4.2 161 20 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.0 3.89 10 550 5041 -5.1 -20.4 29 15.3 -9.9 162 22 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.7 1.37 11 500 5783 -9.5 -34.0 12 24.5 -14.7 165 21 321.5 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.43 12 450 6587 -15.2 -36.8 14 21.6 -19.1 169 25 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.36 13 400 7466 -20.8 -41.0 15 20.2 -23.8 171 30 327.9 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.26 14 350 8437 -28.5 -38.2 39 9.6 -29.9 171 33 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.41 15 300 9521 -37.1 -41.0 67 3.9 -37.5 182 34 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.35 16 250 10754 -47.9 -51.4 67 3.5 -48.0 201 34 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12182 -58.5 -63.1 56 4.5 -58.6 192 28 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 18 150 14030 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 214 21 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 225 12 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.94 m Freezing level: 633.70 mb = 3922.23 m = 12868.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.80 mb = 3691.18 m = 12110.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.12 mb = 1305.16 m = 4281.96 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 21.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.38 mb = 2397.75 m = 7866.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.25 mb = 2236.11 m = 7336.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.25 mb = 2509.69 m = 8233.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.25 mb = 11198.20 m = 36739.04 ft B at Equ Level: 531.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.25 mb = 13486.75 m = 44247.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 182.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 10.24 Bulk Shear: 52.08 m/s