MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.51,-112.76 Latitude: 50.51 Longitude: -112.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 520 SFC 909 910 24.9 15.9 57 9.0 18.7 126 6 306.4 308.7 295.3 344.2 12.61 3 900 994 22.6 15.0 62 7.5 17.5 127 6 304.8 307.0 294.5 340.7 12.02 4 850 1487 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.0 132 6 304.5 306.7 294.2 339.5 11.75 5 800 2002 13.8 6.1 60 7.7 9.3 205 2 305.8 307.2 291.2 328.3 7.41 6 750 2543 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.2 230 6 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.0 6.55 7 700 3110 4.6 0.7 76 3.9 2.5 241 9 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.3 5.75 8 650 3709 0.2 -5.3 66 5.5 -2.3 248 10 309.2 309.9 289.2 321.6 3.96 9 600 4346 -3.3 -25.3 16 22.0 -9.4 234 11 312.3 312.4 287.1 315.0 0.81 10 550 5027 -8.2 -22.7 30 14.6 -12.3 227 14 314.4 314.6 288.1 318.2 1.12 11 500 5760 -14.0 -21.2 54 7.2 -16.0 214 15 316.0 316.3 289.0 320.7 1.41 12 450 6550 -19.0 -21.2 83 2.2 -19.6 211 19 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.57 13 400 7417 -25.0 -27.8 77 2.8 -25.5 221 22 322.5 322.7 290.6 325.9 0.97 14 350 8371 -32.6 -36.6 68 3.9 -33.1 214 28 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.48 15 300 9436 -42.4 -46.2 66 3.8 -42.6 196 33 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.20 16 250 10639 -51.5 -57.9 46 6.4 -51.7 203 34 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 17 200 12086 -49.3 -76.4 3 27.1 -49.8 216 33 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 13983 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.2 192 38 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 19 100 16614 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 190 16 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.90 m Freezing level: 647.16 mb = 3745.63 m = 12288.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.89 mb = 3417.58 m = 11212.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.16 mb = 2042.63 m = 6701.45 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 29.20 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2304.10 m = 7559.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 27.77 C K Index: 41.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1763.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.44 mb = 2113.63 m = 6934.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.44 mb = 2493.28 m = 8179.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.44 mb = 11338.90 m = 37200.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1730.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.44 mb = 13790.93 m = 45245.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -5.0 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 82.89 Bulk Shear: 21.27 m/s