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: 54.81,-112.82 Latitude: 54.81 Longitude: -112.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 943 590 25.0 20.2 75 4.7 21.6 302 3 303.1 306.1 296.8 350.6 16.03 3 900 1004 23.2 13.0 53 10.2 16.5 319 5 305.4 307.3 293.6 336.9 10.51 4 850 1499 18.8 11.0 61 7.8 13.8 70 1 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.3 9.78 5 800 2016 14.4 8.9 70 5.4 11.0 130 5 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.6 8.99 6 750 2557 9.2 7.3 88 2.0 8.0 132 8 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.6 8.58 7 700 3125 4.7 4.5 98 0.3 4.5 132 12 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.7 7.54 8 650 3725 0.7 0.1 96 0.6 0.4 149 18 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.2 5.95 9 600 4364 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 149 16 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.82 10 550 5050 -6.5 -7.4 94 0.9 -6.9 167 12 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.2 3.99 11 500 5789 -11.0 -17.7 58 6.7 -13.2 167 17 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.0 1.90 12 450 6591 -15.7 -45.2 6 29.6 -19.9 155 19 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.15 13 400 7467 -22.1 -52.7 4 30.5 -25.2 159 20 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 14 350 8434 -28.8 -50.8 10 22.0 -30.7 173 23 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.10 15 300 9518 -37.3 -56.5 12 19.2 -38.4 180 25 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.06 16 250 10750 -47.3 -57.1 32 9.8 -47.7 185 27 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12191 -56.4 -64.5 35 8.1 -56.5 187 28 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14042 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 202 21 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16656 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 218 13 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.91 m Freezing level: 639.49 mb = 3859.55 m = 12662.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.18 mb = 3797.07 m = 12457.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.62 mb = 1192.53 m = 3912.45 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.66 mb = 2263.94 m = 7427.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 40.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1063.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.01 mb = 2089.27 m = 6854.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.01 mb = 2467.65 m = 8095.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.01 mb = 11344.11 m = 37217.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.01 mb = 14127.70 m = 46350.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 182.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 33.18 Bulk Shear: 32.04 m/s