MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.89,-112.53 Latitude: 56.89 Longitude: -112.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 454 SFC 947 486 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 19.9 102 7 302.6 305.1 295.0 343.1 13.70 3 900 925 20.0 14.9 72 5.1 16.7 109 12 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.5 11.95 4 850 1415 15.8 12.7 82 3.1 13.8 138 19 302.7 304.7 293.1 335.1 10.93 5 800 1927 12.0 10.5 90 1.5 11.1 151 24 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.9 10.02 6 750 2465 8.3 3.5 72 4.8 5.6 152 25 305.6 306.8 290.5 325.6 6.59 7 700 3031 5.0 2.1 81 2.9 3.4 156 30 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.6 6.37 8 650 3633 1.8 -1.6 78 3.5 0.1 160 33 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.3 5.22 9 600 4275 -2.0 -3.5 89 1.6 -2.7 165 31 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.4 4.92 10 550 4961 -6.1 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 170 29 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.4 4.22 11 500 5703 -9.9 -15.1 65 5.3 -11.8 172 32 321.0 321.5 291.4 328.9 2.36 12 450 6509 -14.7 -31.0 24 16.4 -18.2 173 30 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.64 13 400 7388 -21.1 -32.0 37 10.9 -23.2 176 28 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.65 14 350 8359 -28.5 -34.5 56 6.0 -29.5 171 29 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.4 0.58 15 300 9443 -37.9 -43.7 54 5.8 -38.4 173 27 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.26 16 250 10668 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.7 -49.1 173 35 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12095 -57.4 -65.2 36 7.9 -57.5 176 42 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13956 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 206 26 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16591 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 212 14 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.19 m Freezing level: 625.76 mb = 3943.94 m = 12939.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.61 mb = 3650.00 m = 11974.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.19 mb = 1352.52 m = 4437.36 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1705.20 m = 5594.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 807.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.41 mb = 1581.34 m = 5188.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.41 mb = 1838.79 m = 6032.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.41 mb = 11532.00 m = 37834.19 ft B at Equ Level: 799.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.41 mb = 13603.43 m = 44630.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 189.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.45 Bulk Shear: 64.85 m/s