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: 54.32,-112.79 Latitude: 54.32 Longitude: -112.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 524 SFC 933 684 21.1 19.8 92 1.3 20.2 343 5 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.2 15.74 3 900 994 20.7 16.1 75 4.6 17.5 14 11 302.8 305.2 294.6 340.9 12.86 4 850 1487 18.6 11.4 63 7.2 14.0 131 9 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.6 9.98 5 800 2004 14.0 8.9 71 5.1 10.9 135 13 306.1 307.7 292.6 333.1 8.98 6 750 2544 8.8 7.6 92 1.2 8.1 134 13 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.6 8.77 7 700 3111 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 138 20 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.41 8 650 3712 1.3 -0.4 88 1.7 0.4 147 24 310.5 311.5 291.2 328.2 5.72 9 600 4353 -2.1 -4.6 83 2.5 -3.3 163 19 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.2 4.55 10 550 5040 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.0 -8.8 165 21 317.6 318.0 290.3 325.1 2.26 11 500 5782 -9.7 -31.2 16 21.5 -14.6 165 22 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.3 0.57 12 450 6585 -15.7 -30.2 28 14.6 -18.8 166 24 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.69 13 400 7462 -21.5 -29.1 50 7.7 -23.1 169 31 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.2 0.86 14 350 8432 -28.5 -32.6 67 4.2 -29.2 169 36 330.4 330.5 292.5 333.0 0.70 15 300 9518 -36.8 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.1 180 38 333.6 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10752 -47.5 -51.0 67 3.5 -47.7 194 36 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 17 200 12182 -59.6 -63.7 59 4.1 -59.7 195 30 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 18 150 14030 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 212 22 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 224 13 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.02 m Freezing level: 630.44 mb = 3962.73 m = 13000.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.18 mb = 3784.06 m = 12414.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.47 mb = 846.01 m = 2775.59 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 22.95 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2100.47 m = 6891.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 39.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1007.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.90 mb = 1805.02 m = 5921.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.90 mb = 2281.50 m = 7485.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.90 mb = 12380.91 m = 40619.29 ft B at Equ Level: 973.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.90 mb = 13865.00 m = 45488.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 182.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 11.73 Bulk Shear: 85.89 m/s