MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.64,-108.86 Latitude: 49.64 Longitude: -108.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 498 2 900 975 SFC 892 1050 22.8 15.2 62 7.6 17.7 5 2 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.6 12.28 4 850 1474 22.0 9.5 45 12.5 14.1 175 9 309.2 310.8 293.3 336.0 8.78 5 800 1996 17.8 7.3 50 10.5 11.4 171 18 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.9 8.06 6 750 2543 12.5 6.2 65 6.4 8.8 171 19 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.6 7.94 7 700 3117 7.0 5.1 88 1.9 5.9 171 19 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.4 7.89 8 650 3722 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 174 22 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.1 6.72 9 600 4363 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.6 191 28 313.3 314.2 291.6 329.6 5.19 10 550 5048 -6.9 -7.4 96 0.5 -7.1 202 27 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.8 3.99 11 500 5786 -11.2 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.6 221 25 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.01 12 450 6587 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 213 21 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.0 2.07 13 400 7463 -22.4 -27.6 62 5.3 -23.5 212 18 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.4 0.99 14 350 8428 -30.1 -37.7 48 7.6 -31.1 240 21 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.43 15 300 9506 -38.9 -42.6 68 3.6 -39.2 246 31 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 16 250 10726 -50.4 -54.0 66 3.6 -50.5 231 33 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12146 -56.5 -64.3 37 7.8 -56.6 243 32 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14008 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.0 203 25 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.01 19 100 16627 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 186 11 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.69 m Freezing level: 627.31 mb = 4012.63 m = 13164.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.00 mb = 3984.75 m = 13073.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.94 mb = 2018.23 m = 6621.42 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.20 mb = 3067.52 m = 10063.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 917.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.98 mb = 2906.31 m = 9535.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.98 mb = 3317.97 m = 10885.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.98 mb = 11454.19 m = 37578.90 ft B at Equ Level: 911.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.98 mb = 13470.79 m = 44194.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 29.20 Bulk Shear: 31.44 m/s