MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.73,-112.39 Latitude: 53.73 Longitude: -112.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 530 SFC 936 656 19.1 17.6 91 1.5 18.1 230 8 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.4 13.65 3 900 998 19.5 12.8 65 6.7 15.2 262 8 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.3 10.39 4 850 1487 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 11.9 8 2 302.5 304.2 291.4 328.9 8.87 5 800 1998 11.3 5.6 68 5.6 8.0 63 8 303.1 304.5 290.2 324.6 7.17 6 750 2533 7.5 3.8 77 3.7 5.5 84 12 304.7 306.0 290.3 325.0 6.72 7 700 3099 4.4 2.7 89 1.6 3.5 100 13 307.3 308.5 291.0 327.6 6.66 8 650 3699 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 115 16 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.2 5.93 9 600 4338 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 114 20 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.95 10 550 5024 -6.3 -7.2 93 1.0 -6.7 112 24 316.7 317.4 291.6 329.7 4.05 11 500 5763 -10.9 -12.3 89 1.4 -11.5 117 27 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.6 2.97 12 450 6566 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.0 129 26 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.21 13 400 7445 -21.1 -23.4 82 2.3 -21.7 140 27 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.45 14 350 8417 -28.2 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.6 149 29 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.84 15 300 9504 -37.2 -40.2 73 3.1 -37.5 149 32 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10732 -48.9 -52.3 68 3.4 -49.1 152 36 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12159 -55.4 -65.7 27 10.3 -55.5 165 39 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14027 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 200 21 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16647 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 192 8 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.57 m Freezing level: 638.85 mb = 3841.60 m = 12603.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3773.23 m = 12379.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.10 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.69 mb = 848.36 m = 2783.32 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.34 mb = 2056.65 m = 6747.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.11 mb = 1819.41 m = 5969.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.11 mb = 2400.24 m = 7874.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.11 mb = 6364.01 m = 20879.05 ft B at Equ Level: 108.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.11 mb = 9002.55 m = 29535.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.4 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 142.4 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 70.86 m/s