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: 54.89,-112.39 Latitude: 54.89 Longitude: -112.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 528 SFC 945 573 21.4 19.5 89 1.9 20.1 336 5 299.3 302.1 295.3 343.9 15.27 3 900 997 21.8 14.3 62 7.5 16.8 4 4 304.0 306.1 293.9 338.1 11.47 4 850 1492 19.2 9.4 53 9.8 13.1 151 11 306.2 307.9 292.4 332.6 8.74 5 800 2008 14.0 8.3 69 5.6 10.5 150 12 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.1 8.64 6 750 2549 8.8 7.3 90 1.5 7.9 149 12 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.0 8.57 7 700 3115 4.7 3.2 90 1.5 3.8 149 19 307.7 308.9 291.3 328.7 6.88 8 650 3717 1.5 -1.2 82 2.7 0.1 152 26 310.6 311.7 291.0 327.4 5.38 9 600 4358 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.9 158 20 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.5 3.95 10 550 5045 -4.9 -25.8 18 20.9 -10.7 168 21 318.3 318.4 289.1 321.2 0.85 11 500 5787 -9.8 -35.6 10 25.7 -15.1 170 21 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.37 12 450 6591 -15.1 -40.8 9 25.7 -19.3 174 21 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.24 13 400 7469 -21.0 -44.7 10 23.6 -24.1 176 27 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.18 14 350 8440 -28.4 -47.7 14 19.4 -30.3 178 29 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 15 300 9524 -37.8 -51.7 22 13.9 -38.7 182 30 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 16 250 10752 -48.3 -52.8 59 4.6 -48.4 197 29 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12182 -58.1 -64.8 42 6.7 -58.2 193 29 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 14029 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 217 20 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16649 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 228 12 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.17 m Freezing level: 628.05 mb = 3998.32 m = 13117.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.02 mb = 3728.94 m = 12233.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.64 mb = 809.85 m = 2656.96 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.66 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.13 mb = 2197.54 m = 7209.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.62 mb = 1906.61 m = 6255.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.62 mb = 2387.02 m = 7831.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.62 mb = 11438.05 m = 37525.96 ft B at Equ Level: 716.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.62 mb = 13431.65 m = 44066.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 189.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 60.03 m/s