MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.44,-112.56 Latitude: 54.44 Longitude: -112.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 527 SFC 933 687 19.1 18.7 97 0.4 18.9 290 6 298.2 300.9 294.6 340.9 14.72 3 900 993 17.6 17.2 97 0.4 17.4 340 10 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.1 13.85 4 850 1482 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 145 8 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.0 11.36 5 800 1996 12.9 10.1 83 2.8 11.2 152 19 304.9 306.7 292.9 334.2 9.78 6 750 2535 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 145 19 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.8 8.94 7 700 3103 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 143 23 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.6 7.50 8 650 3703 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 150 27 310.0 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.13 9 600 4343 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 158 27 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.4 5.33 10 550 5031 -5.0 -5.4 97 0.4 -5.2 166 28 318.1 319.0 292.6 333.1 4.66 11 500 5776 -9.6 -11.4 87 1.7 -10.4 168 29 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.21 12 450 6580 -15.3 -20.9 62 5.6 -16.9 168 32 324.0 324.3 291.6 329.5 1.60 13 400 7460 -20.9 -25.1 69 4.3 -21.9 174 33 327.9 328.1 292.3 332.3 1.24 14 350 8431 -28.6 -32.5 69 3.9 -29.3 177 34 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.8 0.71 15 300 9516 -37.4 -40.7 71 3.3 -37.7 180 29 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.37 16 250 10746 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.6 184 26 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12169 -59.6 -64.2 55 4.6 -59.6 176 28 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 18 150 14021 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 206 20 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16645 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 224 11 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.74 m Freezing level: 635.17 mb = 3892.96 m = 12772.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.14 mb = 3850.32 m = 12632.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.99 mb = 738.59 m = 2423.15 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1725.12 m = 5659.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.26 mb = 1359.48 m = 4460.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.26 mb = 2130.00 m = 6988.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.26 mb = 12257.61 m = 40214.76 ft B at Equ Level: 943.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.26 mb = 13716.20 m = 45000.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 188.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.15 Bulk Shear: 135.36 m/s