MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.64,-112.69 Latitude: 54.64 Longitude: -112.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 521 SFC 938 635 22.9 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 311 5 301.6 304.3 295.6 345.4 14.87 3 900 994 21.9 14.8 64 7.1 17.1 343 10 304.1 306.3 294.1 339.4 11.85 4 850 1488 18.8 10.4 58 8.3 13.5 114 4 305.8 307.5 292.8 334.0 9.38 5 800 2004 14.1 8.1 67 6.0 10.4 127 8 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.50 6 750 2544 8.8 7.0 89 1.8 7.7 127 8 306.1 307.7 292.1 331.5 8.40 7 700 3111 4.3 3.8 97 0.4 4.0 125 14 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.2 7.21 8 650 3711 1.0 -0.1 92 1.1 0.4 140 19 310.1 311.3 291.2 328.3 5.85 9 600 4351 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.0 -3.5 137 21 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.6 4.56 10 550 5036 -6.6 -10.2 75 3.6 -8.1 143 22 316.2 316.9 290.7 326.6 3.19 11 500 5775 -10.7 -21.1 42 10.5 -13.7 163 19 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.9 1.42 12 450 6578 -15.6 -40.2 10 24.5 -19.7 181 17 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.26 13 400 7454 -21.8 -42.2 14 20.4 -24.6 179 19 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.23 14 350 8425 -28.2 -39.0 35 10.8 -29.6 197 22 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.37 15 300 9511 -37.1 -45.4 42 8.3 -37.8 196 24 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.22 16 250 10742 -48.2 -54.3 49 6.1 -48.4 196 31 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.10 17 200 12174 -55.6 -66.8 23 11.3 -55.8 183 29 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14031 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 208 21 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16648 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 225 11 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.80 m Freezing level: 635.41 mb = 3897.97 m = 12788.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3778.85 m = 12397.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.96 mb = 1139.35 m = 3737.97 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2202.48 m = 7225.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.07 mb = 1982.08 m = 6502.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.07 mb = 2355.80 m = 7728.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.07 mb = 11359.38 m = 37267.85 ft B at Equ Level: 898.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.07 mb = 13734.05 m = 45058.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 174.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 95.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 13.76 Bulk Shear: 65.89 m/s