MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.66,-112.66 Latitude: 54.66 Longitude: -112.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 536 SFC 940 629 25.2 19.4 70 5.8 21.1 286 2 303.7 306.5 296.4 349.1 15.29 3 900 1011 23.4 12.0 49 11.4 16.0 256 2 305.6 307.4 293.1 335.2 9.84 4 850 1506 18.5 10.7 60 7.9 13.6 180 2 305.6 307.3 292.9 334.2 9.54 5 800 2022 13.6 9.8 78 3.8 11.2 161 3 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.4 9.56 6 750 2561 8.5 8.0 97 0.5 8.2 148 3 305.8 307.5 292.5 332.9 9.01 7 700 3128 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 138 7 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.5 7.30 8 650 3728 0.5 -0.3 94 0.8 0.1 154 13 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.4 5.77 9 600 4366 -3.2 -4.2 93 0.9 -3.7 154 15 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.68 10 550 5050 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 149 13 315.5 316.3 291.2 328.1 3.92 11 500 5787 -11.5 -11.9 97 0.4 -11.7 151 14 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.07 12 450 6588 -16.5 -16.7 98 0.2 -16.5 166 14 322.5 323.0 291.8 330.3 2.31 13 400 7462 -22.7 -23.2 96 0.5 -22.8 187 14 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.6 1.48 14 350 8427 -30.4 -30.6 98 0.2 -30.4 181 21 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.85 15 300 9504 -38.6 -46.8 42 8.2 -39.2 187 23 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 16 250 10731 -47.9 -57.8 31 9.9 -48.3 184 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12175 -54.2 -66.6 20 12.4 -54.4 175 26 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14035 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 198 19 382.4 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16651 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 204 11 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.83 m Freezing level: 643.43 mb = 3811.55 m = 12504.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.96 mb = 3740.56 m = 12272.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.75 mb = 1366.87 m = 4484.44 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.49 mb = 2281.72 m = 7485.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 40.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1038.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.04 mb = 2222.06 m = 7290.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.04 mb = 2384.18 m = 7822.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.04 mb = 11103.01 m = 36426.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1029.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.04 mb = 13779.89 m = 45209.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 184.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 74.10 Bulk Shear: 14.01 m/s