MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.59,-112.09 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -112.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 538 SFC 924 770 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 222 2 292.4 294.2 289.0 320.8 9.96 3 900 997 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 295 4 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.4 11.10 4 850 1482 15.3 9.2 67 6.1 11.6 255 11 302.2 303.8 291.1 327.9 8.63 5 800 1994 13.3 5.4 59 7.9 8.8 261 12 305.4 306.7 290.7 326.7 7.04 6 750 2534 9.8 1.9 58 7.9 5.5 275 12 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.2 5.85 7 700 3103 5.5 -1.8 59 7.3 1.8 269 13 308.6 309.5 289.8 323.5 4.79 8 650 3704 0.8 -5.1 65 5.9 -2.0 266 16 309.8 310.6 289.5 322.4 4.01 9 600 4341 -4.3 -6.7 83 2.4 -5.4 273 18 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.3 3.85 10 550 5020 -9.0 -11.9 80 2.8 -10.1 283 20 313.3 313.9 289.5 322.4 2.80 11 500 5752 -13.3 -18.4 66 5.0 -14.9 277 19 316.8 317.1 289.6 322.8 1.80 12 450 6547 -18.0 -25.7 51 7.7 -19.8 266 19 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.2 1.05 13 400 7415 -24.1 -38.3 26 14.2 -26.2 256 16 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.35 14 350 8373 -31.8 -41.3 38 9.5 -32.8 248 15 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.29 15 300 9442 -40.8 -48.5 43 7.8 -41.2 236 13 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.16 16 250 10655 -50.9 -57.4 46 6.4 -51.1 182 14 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.07 17 200 12101 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 180 19 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14000 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 206 17 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16616 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 190 12 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.44 m Freezing level: 642.43 mb = 3800.14 m = 12467.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.89 mb = 3387.01 m = 11112.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.08 mb = 791.06 m = 2595.32 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.25 mb = 2697.92 m = 8851.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.76 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.16 mb = 1691.72 m = 5550.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.16 mb = 4155.00 m = 13631.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.16 mb = 6477.31 m = 21250.76 ft B at Equ Level: 101.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.16 mb = 9573.27 m = 31407.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s