MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.28,-103.30 Latitude: 49.28 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 543 SFC 947 576 27.7 18.7 58 9.0 21.3 139 9 305.7 308.3 296.4 349.0 14.47 3 900 1019 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.0 142 11 304.7 307.3 295.9 346.8 14.11 4 850 1513 18.0 14.8 82 3.1 15.8 145 11 305.0 307.3 294.9 342.5 12.56 5 800 2030 15.2 3.1 44 12.2 8.4 278 3 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.7 5.98 6 750 2572 11.3 -1.3 41 12.7 4.8 317 8 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.3 4.64 7 700 3144 7.0 -5.3 41 12.3 1.2 316 12 310.3 311.0 289.3 321.9 3.69 8 650 3748 2.8 -12.2 32 14.9 -3.2 303 13 312.1 312.5 288.6 319.6 2.31 9 600 4390 -1.3 -18.8 25 17.5 -7.1 285 13 314.7 314.9 288.6 319.5 1.44 10 550 5077 -5.7 -18.7 35 13.1 -10.0 274 13 317.3 317.6 289.6 322.7 1.58 11 500 5817 -10.2 -26.0 26 15.8 -14.3 270 11 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.8 0.92 12 450 6619 -16.1 -29.2 31 13.1 -19.0 270 11 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.8 0.76 13 400 7493 -23.1 -35.4 31 12.3 -25.1 273 14 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.6 0.47 14 350 8454 -31.0 -46.6 20 15.6 -32.4 267 15 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 15 300 9527 -40.2 -54.0 21 13.8 -40.9 273 15 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.08 16 250 10742 -50.3 -59.1 35 8.7 -50.6 289 19 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.05 17 200 12184 -50.9 -70.0 9 19.1 -51.3 264 23 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14060 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 229 17 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 191 6 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.74 m Freezing level: 615.69 mb = 4188.14 m = 13740.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.44 mb = 3303.01 m = 10836.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.75 mb = 1718.50 m = 5638.06 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 29.49 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.90 mb = 2030.80 m = 6662.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2348.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.73 mb = 1739.26 m = 5706.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.73 mb = 2321.32 m = 7615.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.73 mb = 11785.14 m = 38664.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2340.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.73 mb = 15344.28 m = 50341.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.9 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 308.9 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.5 neg: -8.2 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 45.51 Bulk Shear: 51.61 m/s