MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 51.73,-112.74 Latitude: 51.73 Longitude: -112.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 535 SFC 917 842 24.6 15.9 59 8.7 18.7 65 3 305.2 307.5 294.9 342.5 12.49 3 900 1008 21.8 14.8 65 7.0 17.1 71 5 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.2 11.85 4 850 1501 17.0 13.7 81 3.3 14.8 74 6 303.9 306.1 294.0 338.6 11.64 5 800 2015 12.3 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 73 8 304.2 306.3 293.5 336.8 10.90 6 750 2553 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 87 13 305.9 307.5 292.4 332.7 8.90 7 700 3120 4.7 2.5 85 2.2 3.5 103 12 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.7 6.54 8 650 3721 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.2 104 14 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.2 4.26 9 600 4362 -1.7 -8.3 61 6.5 -4.6 104 14 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.41 10 550 5049 -5.8 -13.1 56 7.3 -8.6 126 12 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.6 2.54 11 500 5790 -9.4 -23.4 31 14.0 -13.4 132 11 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.6 1.16 12 450 6595 -15.2 -23.5 49 8.3 -17.4 144 12 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.6 1.28 13 400 7474 -21.3 -27.6 57 6.3 -22.7 168 15 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.8 0.99 14 350 8445 -28.4 -38.0 39 9.6 -29.7 173 14 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.41 15 300 9529 -37.9 -43.9 54 6.0 -38.4 179 14 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.26 16 250 10755 -48.4 -53.0 59 4.6 -48.6 161 21 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 17 200 12198 -54.1 -69.3 14 15.2 -54.4 159 24 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14058 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 207 15 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 208 6 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.77 m Freezing level: 626.01 mb = 4028.63 m = 13217.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.91 mb = 3561.58 m = 11684.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.92 mb = 1931.17 m = 6335.78 ft T: 13.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 1942.53 m = 6373.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 915.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.59 mb = 1924.11 m = 6312.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.59 mb = 1976.68 m = 6485.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.59 mb = 11476.98 m = 37653.68 ft B at Equ Level: 897.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.59 mb = 13497.34 m = 44282.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 139.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 109.34 Bulk Shear: 8.37 m/s