MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.83,-112.80 Latitude: 50.83 Longitude: -112.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 512 SFC 912 875 25.2 14.9 53 10.3 18.2 136 6 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.8 11.79 3 900 987 23.4 13.8 55 9.6 17.1 137 6 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.0 11.12 4 850 1482 18.5 12.7 69 5.7 14.7 143 7 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.3 10.95 5 800 1999 13.4 11.4 88 2.0 12.1 150 7 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.4 10.66 6 750 2539 9.2 5.0 75 4.1 6.8 229 4 306.5 307.9 291.4 328.8 7.34 7 700 3106 4.4 1.8 83 2.7 3.0 246 7 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.4 6.22 8 650 3704 -0.0 -5.3 68 5.3 -2.4 251 7 308.9 309.7 289.2 321.4 3.97 9 600 4340 -4.0 -18.7 31 14.7 -8.7 236 9 311.5 311.7 287.5 316.3 1.46 10 550 5020 -8.4 -21.3 35 12.9 -12.2 225 12 314.1 314.3 288.2 318.3 1.27 11 500 5752 -13.8 -17.5 73 3.7 -14.9 217 15 316.3 316.6 289.6 322.7 1.94 12 450 6546 -18.4 -22.0 73 3.6 -19.4 223 19 320.1 320.3 290.3 325.0 1.45 13 400 7412 -24.8 -29.5 65 4.7 -25.7 217 20 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.83 14 350 8368 -32.4 -40.5 44 8.1 -33.3 217 26 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.32 15 300 9433 -42.1 -50.4 40 8.2 -42.6 214 30 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 16 250 10638 -51.6 -58.7 42 7.1 -51.8 216 34 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.06 17 200 12080 -50.7 -74.5 4 23.9 -51.1 220 33 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13976 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.4 208 37 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.01 19 100 16612 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 190 16 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.71 m Freezing level: 650.18 mb = 3702.38 m = 12146.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.40 mb = 3430.81 m = 11255.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.11 mb = 2166.46 m = 7107.73 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 25.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.07 mb = 2252.63 m = 7390.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 42.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1862.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.70 mb = 2202.87 m = 7227.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.70 mb = 2365.20 m = 7759.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.70 mb = 11298.58 m = 37068.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1848.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.70 mb = 14165.08 m = 46472.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 114.73 Bulk Shear: 16.23 m/s