MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.33,-112.86 Latitude: 53.33 Longitude: -112.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 529 SFC 926 749 22.7 21.2 92 1.4 21.6 190 2 302.3 305.5 297.4 353.7 17.37 3 900 1003 22.5 14.0 59 8.5 16.8 129 4 304.7 306.7 293.9 338.1 11.21 4 850 1496 17.7 12.9 73 4.8 14.6 95 4 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.7 11.05 5 800 2011 12.8 11.8 93 1.1 12.1 73 4 304.8 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.92 6 750 2551 9.1 8.9 99 0.1 9.0 75 6 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.3 9.59 7 700 3119 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 86 12 308.0 309.4 292.2 331.6 7.74 8 650 3720 0.8 0.4 98 0.3 0.6 106 16 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.7 6.09 9 600 4359 -3.1 -3.6 97 0.5 -3.4 113 14 312.5 313.4 291.1 327.9 4.89 10 550 5043 -6.7 -7.4 95 0.7 -7.1 119 13 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.9 3.98 11 500 5782 -10.9 -11.7 94 0.8 -11.2 128 10 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.1 3.13 12 450 6585 -15.5 -16.4 93 0.9 -15.9 165 9 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.7 2.35 13 400 7464 -21.3 -22.2 93 0.9 -21.5 192 15 327.3 327.6 292.5 332.9 1.61 14 350 8433 -29.2 -32.3 74 3.2 -29.7 204 17 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.72 15 300 9515 -37.8 -41.2 70 3.4 -38.1 195 22 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10742 -49.3 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.4 182 28 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12172 -54.0 -67.2 18 13.2 -54.3 171 29 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14038 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 198 19 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16654 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 207 13 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.89 m Freezing level: 640.20 mb = 3845.39 m = 12615.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3814.02 m = 12513.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.37 mb = 931.23 m = 3055.19 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 25.82 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 1980.22 m = 6496.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 41.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1256.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.12 mb = 1925.44 m = 6316.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.12 mb = 2083.42 m = 6835.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.12 mb = 11470.96 m = 37633.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1250.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.12 mb = 13904.37 m = 45617.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.0 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 143.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 232.10 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s