MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.84,-112.96 Latitude: 53.84 Longitude: -112.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 549 SFC 940 641 24.7 18.7 69 6.0 20.5 319 1 303.1 305.8 295.8 346.4 14.61 3 900 1020 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.4 179 2 302.8 304.9 293.5 336.8 11.47 4 850 1513 18.3 10.0 58 8.3 13.1 146 9 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.7 9.09 5 800 2028 13.8 7.3 65 6.5 9.9 145 11 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.2 8.05 6 750 2568 8.8 4.9 76 3.9 6.6 148 12 306.1 307.5 291.2 328.1 7.25 7 700 3135 4.6 1.7 81 3.0 3.1 154 10 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.6 6.18 8 650 3735 0.4 -0.8 92 1.2 -0.2 153 12 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.6 5.56 9 600 4373 -3.0 -6.2 79 3.2 -4.5 152 13 312.6 313.4 290.3 325.3 4.01 10 550 5057 -7.3 -13.4 62 6.1 -9.5 151 14 315.5 315.9 289.8 323.6 2.47 11 500 5796 -9.6 -40.4 6 30.9 -15.2 128 21 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.23 12 450 6601 -15.1 -37.6 13 22.4 -19.1 124 18 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.33 13 400 7478 -22.1 -41.2 16 19.0 -24.8 133 18 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.26 14 350 8444 -29.0 -54.7 7 25.7 -31.0 132 20 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.06 15 300 9527 -37.6 -57.6 11 19.9 -38.7 141 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 16 250 10757 -47.4 -59.5 24 12.1 -47.8 144 24 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12200 -55.3 -64.4 31 9.2 -55.5 173 20 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14053 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 208 15 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16661 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 176 9 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.12 m Freezing level: 644.45 mb = 3805.97 m = 12486.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.27 mb = 3694.60 m = 12121.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.71 mb = 1394.85 m = 4576.24 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.59 mb = 2244.45 m = 7363.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.44 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 731.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.44 mb = 1981.27 m = 6500.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.44 mb = 2463.45 m = 8082.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.44 mb = 11035.79 m = 36206.22 ft B at Equ Level: 723.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.44 mb = 13268.04 m = 43529.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -3.6 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 43.86 Bulk Shear: 16.68 m/s