MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.61,-112.59 Latitude: 54.61 Longitude: -112.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 524 SFC 937 644 23.3 20.0 82 3.3 20.9 285 0 302.0 304.9 296.4 349.0 15.91 3 900 997 22.6 12.9 54 9.7 16.3 190 4 304.8 306.7 293.3 336.0 10.43 4 850 1491 18.1 11.2 64 6.9 13.7 176 7 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.7 9.87 5 800 2006 13.3 9.8 79 3.5 11.2 171 10 305.4 307.1 292.8 334.1 9.58 6 750 2546 8.5 7.8 96 0.7 8.0 169 10 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.88 7 700 3113 4.6 4.0 96 0.6 4.3 146 10 307.6 308.9 291.7 329.9 7.32 8 650 3713 0.6 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 137 14 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.77 9 600 4352 -2.9 -3.7 94 0.8 -3.3 125 16 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.1 4.85 10 550 5037 -6.2 -7.2 92 1.0 -6.6 125 18 316.8 317.5 291.7 329.8 4.05 11 500 5777 -11.0 -12.5 89 1.5 -11.6 133 19 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.3 2.93 12 450 6580 -15.3 -17.1 86 1.9 -15.9 139 19 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.22 13 400 7460 -21.0 -23.3 82 2.2 -21.6 140 20 327.7 328.0 292.5 332.8 1.47 14 350 8431 -28.1 -30.8 77 2.7 -28.6 145 25 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.84 15 300 9519 -37.0 -40.1 73 3.1 -37.3 163 28 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.39 16 250 10748 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 179 33 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.12 17 200 12179 -56.6 -63.4 42 6.9 -56.7 186 33 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14037 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 203 21 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16655 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 213 11 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.42 m Freezing level: 641.69 mb = 3819.22 m = 12530.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.98 mb = 3737.87 m = 12263.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.17 mb = 1063.11 m = 3487.84 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2171.27 m = 7123.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 39.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.41 mb = 2044.08 m = 6706.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.41 mb = 2310.58 m = 7580.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.41 mb = 11243.80 m = 36888.65 ft B at Equ Level: 787.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.41 mb = 13563.77 m = 44500.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.5 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 170.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -6.3 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 45.21 Bulk Shear: 17.42 m/s