MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.90,-112.76 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -112.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 483 SFC 922 735 16.4 16.1 98 0.2 16.3 291 8 296.3 298.6 292.4 332.6 12.61 3 900 945 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.2 306 15 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.3 12.12 4 850 1429 12.9 12.7 99 0.1 12.8 326 8 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.6 10.94 5 800 1937 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 269 4 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.8 9.93 6 750 2474 8.0 7.8 99 0.1 7.9 246 6 305.2 306.9 292.3 332.0 8.91 7 700 3041 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 258 4 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.5 7.69 8 650 3643 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.4 286 3 310.8 312.1 291.9 330.9 6.46 9 600 4285 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 16 3 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.5 5.33 10 550 4972 -6.0 -6.3 98 0.3 -6.2 105 3 316.9 317.8 291.9 330.8 4.33 11 500 5713 -9.9 -10.7 94 0.8 -10.3 158 8 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.0 3.37 12 450 6519 -14.6 -18.1 75 3.4 -15.7 159 14 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.9 2.05 13 400 7401 -20.6 -37.3 21 16.6 -23.4 154 19 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.39 14 350 8371 -29.0 -49.3 12 20.2 -30.9 140 20 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.12 15 300 9451 -38.7 -51.6 24 12.9 -39.5 131 20 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.11 16 250 10673 -49.9 -55.1 55 5.1 -50.1 130 23 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12110 -52.1 -70.9 9 18.8 -52.4 152 25 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13992 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 198 23 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.01 19 100 16618 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 194 14 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.28 m Freezing level: 627.97 mb = 3925.94 m = 12880.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.68 mb = 3885.07 m = 12746.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.85 % Est. max temperature: 23.84 C = 74.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.27 mb = 764.39 m = 2507.82 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1249.84 m = 4100.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.77 C = 65.79 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.71 mb = 1234.80 m = 4051.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.71 mb = 1381.97 m = 4533.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 814.71 mb = 1784.45 m = 5854.42 ft B at Equ Level: 19.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.71 mb = 6952.12 m = 22808.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 23.08 m/s