MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.58,-112.86 Latitude: 54.58 Longitude: -112.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 529 SFC 937 648 24.8 20.8 79 4.0 21.9 309 3 303.5 306.6 297.3 353.3 16.74 3 900 1004 23.3 12.7 51 10.6 16.4 317 4 305.5 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.30 4 850 1499 19.0 10.9 59 8.2 13.8 148 1 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.65 5 800 2016 14.3 9.0 70 5.3 11.0 138 5 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.6 9.03 6 750 2556 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.0 136 7 306.4 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.62 7 700 3124 4.4 3.7 95 0.7 4.1 127 11 307.4 308.7 291.5 329.2 7.17 8 650 3724 0.8 -0.8 89 1.6 -0.0 144 18 309.9 310.9 290.9 327.1 5.57 9 600 4363 -2.6 -4.7 86 2.1 -3.6 143 17 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.4 4.51 10 550 5049 -6.2 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.3 160 13 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.3 3.58 11 500 5787 -11.3 -16.0 68 4.8 -12.9 166 15 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.19 12 450 6589 -15.6 -47.6 5 32.0 -19.9 161 16 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.12 13 400 7465 -22.0 -52.1 5 30.0 -25.1 164 19 326.3 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.08 14 350 8433 -28.6 -54.6 6 26.0 -30.6 181 22 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9518 -37.2 -57.0 11 19.8 -38.3 188 25 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10750 -47.4 -55.6 39 8.2 -47.7 188 28 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12190 -56.2 -64.8 33 8.6 -56.4 184 29 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 14042 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 200 21 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16656 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 216 13 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.91 m Freezing level: 638.36 mb = 3872.74 m = 12705.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.47 mb = 3718.09 m = 12198.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.52 mb = 1154.02 m = 3786.12 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 26.13 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.12 mb = 2291.25 m = 7517.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.92 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 40.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.76 mb = 2166.22 m = 7106.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.76 mb = 2437.11 m = 7995.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.76 mb = 11266.76 m = 36963.99 ft B at Equ Level: 988.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.76 mb = 14009.42 m = 45962.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.8 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 180.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 34.28 Bulk Shear: 28.88 m/s