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: 55.46,-110.27 Latitude: 55.46 Longitude: -110.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 520 SFC 935 653 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 120 3 296.7 299.0 292.8 333.9 12.91 3 900 985 18.8 14.9 78 4.0 16.2 158 10 300.9 303.1 293.3 335.8 11.88 4 850 1474 15.5 9.3 67 6.1 11.7 145 14 302.3 303.9 291.2 328.2 8.71 5 800 1984 11.2 10.1 93 1.1 10.5 151 17 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.1 9.75 6 750 2521 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.9 152 21 304.6 306.2 291.5 329.1 8.15 7 700 3086 4.2 2.6 89 1.6 3.4 148 19 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.4 6.62 8 650 3686 1.3 0.9 97 0.4 1.1 153 20 310.4 311.6 291.7 329.9 6.29 9 600 4328 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.2 157 23 313.7 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.38 10 550 5014 -6.4 -6.9 97 0.4 -6.6 162 25 316.4 317.2 291.7 329.8 4.16 11 500 5754 -10.8 -11.9 91 1.1 -11.2 173 23 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.07 12 450 6556 -15.8 -18.1 82 2.3 -16.5 186 20 323.4 323.8 291.8 330.4 2.04 13 400 7433 -21.7 -25.3 73 3.6 -22.6 188 24 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.0 1.22 14 350 8402 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.7 187 31 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.62 15 300 9485 -37.6 -43.0 57 5.4 -38.1 181 35 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.29 16 250 10714 -48.2 -54.2 49 6.1 -48.4 172 38 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12152 -55.1 -63.8 33 8.7 -55.3 182 35 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14011 -50.9 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.5 199 19 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16629 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 212 12 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.89 m Freezing level: 630.70 mb = 3933.94 m = 12906.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.63 mb = 3890.82 m = 12765.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.21 mb = 803.48 m = 2636.06 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.59 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.37 mb = 1927.93 m = 6325.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.95 mb = 1654.44 m = 5427.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.95 mb = 2334.87 m = 7660.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.95 mb = 7488.86 m = 24569.46 ft B at Equ Level: 144.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.95 mb = 11060.04 m = 36285.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.0 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 190.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -9.0 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.79 Bulk Shear: 18.59 m/s