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: 53.33,-109.21 Latitude: 53.33 Longitude: -109.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 520 SFC 943 583 20.6 17.0 80 3.6 18.1 235 8 298.7 301.1 293.4 336.6 13.01 3 900 984 16.3 14.2 87 2.1 15.0 246 14 298.3 300.4 292.1 331.4 11.38 4 850 1469 13.9 10.3 79 3.6 11.7 261 21 300.7 302.4 291.2 328.1 9.28 5 800 1978 10.9 7.6 80 3.3 8.9 253 22 302.7 304.2 290.9 327.1 8.19 6 750 2514 7.6 4.2 79 3.4 5.7 252 22 304.8 306.1 290.5 325.6 6.90 7 700 3080 4.5 0.2 74 4.3 2.3 260 24 307.5 308.5 290.2 324.6 5.56 8 650 3680 1.4 -3.8 68 5.2 -1.1 269 26 310.6 311.4 290.1 324.5 4.45 9 600 4321 -2.1 -7.0 69 4.9 -4.3 269 28 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.78 10 550 5006 -6.4 -12.5 62 6.1 -8.8 262 28 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.2 2.66 11 500 5745 -11.0 -14.3 77 3.3 -12.2 257 25 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.0 2.53 12 450 6546 -16.9 -24.7 51 7.8 -18.8 247 25 322.0 322.3 290.6 326.0 1.15 13 400 7417 -23.5 -36.0 31 12.5 -25.5 239 23 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.44 14 350 8377 -31.3 -41.5 36 10.2 -32.4 231 23 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 15 300 9449 -40.6 -46.6 52 6.1 -41.0 224 22 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 16 250 10661 -51.0 -56.9 50 5.8 -51.2 227 26 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.5 0.07 17 200 12103 -48.2 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 197 24 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14002 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.1 198 22 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 19 100 16632 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 184 11 423.6 423.6 308.1 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.71 m Freezing level: 629.56 mb = 3942.19 m = 12933.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.09 mb = 3482.06 m = 11423.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.94 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.05 mb = 1040.69 m = 3414.31 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1722.11 m = 5649.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.40 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 30.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.39 mb = 1415.85 m = 4645.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.39 mb = 2509.83 m = 8234.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.39 mb = 10650.81 m = 34943.16 ft B at Equ Level: 242.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.39 mb = 11775.97 m = 38634.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.81 Bulk Shear: 20.70 m/s