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: 54.55,-112.43 Latitude: 54.55 Longitude: -112.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 523 SFC 936 651 19.6 19.2 98 0.4 19.3 304 5 298.3 301.1 294.8 342.2 15.12 3 900 990 18.9 16.6 86 2.4 17.3 28 7 301.0 303.4 294.3 340.0 13.28 4 850 1481 18.1 11.5 65 6.6 13.8 149 15 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.3 10.06 5 800 1997 13.9 8.9 72 5.0 10.9 149 18 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.1 9.00 6 750 2538 8.8 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 148 18 306.2 307.8 292.5 332.9 8.87 7 700 3105 4.6 4.4 99 0.2 4.5 145 22 307.5 308.9 291.8 330.4 7.51 8 650 3705 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 152 25 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.9 6.11 9 600 4345 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 161 25 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.26 10 550 5033 -5.1 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.3 167 27 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.9 4.61 11 500 5777 -9.6 -15.9 60 6.3 -11.9 168 28 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.21 12 450 6582 -15.0 -27.9 32 13.0 -18.0 169 31 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.86 13 400 7462 -21.0 -28.1 53 7.2 -22.5 175 34 327.8 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.94 14 350 8432 -28.6 -34.0 60 5.4 -29.5 176 35 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.4 0.62 15 300 9517 -37.3 -40.8 70 3.5 -37.6 179 29 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10747 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.7 185 26 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12170 -59.4 -64.1 54 4.7 -59.5 177 27 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.03 18 150 14021 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 206 19 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 225 11 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.06 m Freezing level: 635.93 mb = 3885.55 m = 12747.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.50 mb = 3835.60 m = 12583.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.82 mb = 699.20 m = 2293.93 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.41 mb = 2045.65 m = 6711.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 39.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 893.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.64 mb = 1585.75 m = 5202.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.64 mb = 2375.77 m = 7794.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.64 mb = 12023.54 m = 39446.82 ft B at Equ Level: 891.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.64 mb = 13824.60 m = 45355.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.4 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 188.4 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 98.00 m/s