MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.81,-112.26 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -112.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 514 SFC 929 710 22.8 18.9 79 3.9 20.1 126 8 302.2 305.0 295.8 346.4 14.95 3 900 988 22.8 13.8 57 9.0 16.8 132 18 305.1 307.1 293.9 338.3 11.11 4 850 1483 18.1 12.7 71 5.4 14.6 131 17 305.1 307.1 293.8 337.8 10.93 5 800 1998 13.1 11.6 91 1.5 12.1 132 17 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.5 10.81 6 750 2537 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 118 15 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.2 8.87 7 700 3106 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.7 113 14 308.8 310.1 292.0 331.2 7.31 8 650 3709 2.2 0.1 86 2.0 1.1 116 16 311.4 312.5 291.7 329.9 5.95 9 600 4351 -1.7 -4.1 84 2.3 -2.9 129 16 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.71 10 550 5039 -5.4 -6.9 89 1.5 -6.1 129 21 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.2 4.16 11 500 5782 -9.8 -10.0 98 0.3 -9.9 133 24 321.2 321.9 292.5 332.9 3.57 12 450 6587 -15.1 -17.5 82 2.4 -15.9 134 21 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.15 13 400 7466 -21.8 -32.8 36 10.9 -23.9 140 20 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.8 0.61 14 350 8435 -28.1 -40.0 31 12.0 -29.6 155 18 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 15 300 9521 -37.5 -47.9 33 10.4 -38.3 159 22 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 16 250 10750 -48.2 -54.0 51 5.8 -48.4 169 24 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.10 17 200 12187 -54.6 -66.6 21 12.0 -54.8 166 22 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14053 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 198 16 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 213 12 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.79 m Freezing level: 622.26 mb = 4065.51 m = 13338.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.32 mb = 3879.96 m = 12729.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.79 mb = 1204.33 m = 3951.18 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 17.30 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2082.10 m = 6830.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 898.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.27 mb = 2005.70 m = 6580.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.27 mb = 2164.04 m = 7099.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.27 mb = 11449.66 m = 37564.03 ft B at Equ Level: 885.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.27 mb = 13464.05 m = 44172.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 157.6 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -13.5 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 848.45 Bulk Shear: 1.06 m/s