MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.6,-107.19 Latitude: 54.60 Longitude: -107.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 960 468 21.7 11.5 52 10.2 15.4 103 4 298.3 300.0 290.1 324.4 8.93 2 950 561 22.8 12.6 53 10.2 16.3 121 9 300.3 302.1 291.4 328.8 9.70 3 900 1033 23.4 10.0 43 13.4 15.0 142 7 305.6 307.2 292.1 331.5 8.60 4 850 1528 19.5 7.9 47 11.6 12.4 149 6 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.6 7.90 5 800 2045 14.6 7.1 61 7.4 10.1 140 5 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.8 7.95 6 750 2586 9.3 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 137 5 306.6 308.1 291.8 330.4 7.83 7 700 3154 4.8 2.7 86 2.1 3.6 97 4 307.8 309.0 291.2 328.1 6.65 8 650 3754 0.9 -3.7 72 4.5 -1.3 55 7 309.9 310.8 289.9 323.9 4.48 9 600 4393 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.2 -3.8 67 7 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.7 4.39 10 550 5078 -6.6 -10.6 73 4.1 -8.2 54 5 316.3 316.9 290.7 326.4 3.09 11 500 5817 -10.8 -20.9 43 10.1 -13.8 50 6 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.9 1.45 12 450 6619 -15.6 -28.9 31 13.3 -18.6 58 5 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.5 0.78 13 400 7496 -21.7 -35.9 27 14.2 -24.1 69 3 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.45 14 350 8465 -28.7 -41.2 29 12.5 -30.2 25 5 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 15 300 9549 -37.3 -50.5 24 13.2 -38.2 354 5 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 16 250 10780 -48.0 -54.0 50 6.0 -48.2 338 13 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12213 -57.5 -62.8 50 5.4 -57.6 330 11 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 14062 -52.3 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 288 14 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16660 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 336 13 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.17 m Freezing level: 638.54 mb = 3900.47 m = 12796.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.41 mb = 3588.51 m = 11773.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.66 mb = 1776.10 m = 5827.03 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2840.66 m = 9319.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.58 mb = 2457.77 m = 8063.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.58 mb = 3549.96 m = 11646.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.58 mb = 5415.21 m = 17766.22 ft B at Equ Level: 48.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 416.58 mb = 7194.06 m = 23602.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.5 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 121.5 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.81 Bulk Shear: 2.71 m/s