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,-112.82 Latitude: 54.64 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 75 1 950 523 SFC 938 631 21.8 18.9 84 2.8 19.8 315 5 300.4 303.1 295.3 343.8 14.84 3 900 994 21.4 15.3 68 6.1 17.3 346 13 303.5 305.8 294.3 339.9 12.25 4 850 1488 18.4 11.2 63 7.2 13.8 81 4 305.5 307.3 293.1 335.1 9.87 5 800 2004 13.9 8.2 68 5.7 10.4 125 8 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.9 8.56 6 750 2543 8.7 7.0 90 1.6 7.7 125 8 306.0 307.5 292.1 331.4 8.43 7 700 3110 4.3 3.5 94 0.8 3.8 125 14 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.7 7.03 8 650 3711 1.2 -0.4 90 1.5 0.4 142 19 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.1 5.74 9 600 4351 -2.5 -4.8 84 2.3 -3.6 138 20 313.3 314.1 291.0 327.5 4.48 10 550 5036 -6.6 -10.4 74 3.8 -8.2 145 22 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.5 3.15 11 500 5774 -10.8 -22.4 38 11.7 -14.1 163 19 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.3 1.27 12 450 6577 -15.7 -41.9 9 26.2 -19.8 180 16 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 13 400 7452 -21.9 -43.0 13 21.1 -24.7 179 18 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.21 14 350 8423 -28.1 -39.5 33 11.4 -29.6 197 22 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.35 15 300 9510 -37.1 -44.8 45 7.7 -37.8 195 25 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10740 -48.2 -53.7 53 5.5 -48.4 195 30 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12173 -55.6 -67.0 23 11.5 -55.8 183 30 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14030 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 207 22 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16648 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 224 11 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.88 m Freezing level: 633.96 mb = 3916.06 m = 12847.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.27 mb = 3769.12 m = 12365.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.11 mb = 993.15 m = 3258.32 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.56 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2127.07 m = 6978.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 39.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 980.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.88 mb = 1846.79 m = 6058.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.88 mb = 2324.67 m = 7626.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.88 mb = 11278.98 m = 37004.07 ft B at Equ Level: 979.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.88 mb = 13618.40 m = 44679.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 173.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 12.73 Bulk Shear: 76.97 m/s