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: 54.61,-112.89 Latitude: 54.61 Longitude: -112.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 529 SFC 938 637 24.9 20.6 77 4.3 21.8 309 3 303.5 306.6 297.2 352.5 16.50 3 900 1004 23.2 12.9 53 10.2 16.4 319 5 305.4 307.3 293.5 336.8 10.47 4 850 1499 18.8 11.2 61 7.7 13.9 51 0 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.5 9.85 5 800 2016 14.2 9.1 71 5.1 11.0 136 5 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.8 9.10 6 750 2556 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.0 134 8 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.5 8.63 7 700 3124 4.5 3.8 96 0.6 4.1 127 11 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.4 7.22 8 650 3724 0.8 -0.7 89 1.5 0.0 144 18 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.60 9 600 4363 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.5 144 17 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.6 4.57 10 550 5049 -6.3 -8.4 85 2.1 -7.2 160 13 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.69 11 500 5787 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.7 167 15 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.1 2.30 12 450 6589 -15.7 -46.9 5 31.2 -20.0 160 16 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.12 13 400 7465 -22.1 -52.6 4 30.5 -25.2 163 19 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.07 14 350 8433 -28.6 -54.1 7 25.5 -30.6 180 22 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9518 -37.2 -57.1 11 19.8 -38.3 187 25 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 16 250 10750 -47.4 -55.9 37 8.4 -47.7 188 28 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12190 -56.2 -64.8 33 8.5 -56.4 184 29 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 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 16655 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 216 13 421.6 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.65 m Freezing level: 637.73 mb = 3880.78 m = 12732.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.31 mb = 3732.34 m = 12245.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.73 mb = 1181.52 m = 3876.34 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.25 mb = 2257.25 m = 7405.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.93 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 40.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1036.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.95 mb = 2121.43 m = 6959.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.95 mb = 2390.83 m = 7843.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.95 mb = 11430.95 m = 37502.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1029.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.95 mb = 13832.61 m = 45382.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.5 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 180.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 32.20 Bulk Shear: 32.18 m/s