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: 55.01,-113.72 Latitude: 55.01 Longitude: -113.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 511 SFC 936 642 20.2 17.0 82 3.1 18.0 228 4 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.3 13.16 3 900 977 18.2 13.6 75 4.6 15.3 262 14 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.5 10.97 4 850 1465 15.7 5.3 50 10.4 9.7 312 19 302.6 303.8 289.5 322.3 6.57 5 800 1975 11.4 4.0 60 7.4 7.2 320 20 303.3 304.5 289.5 322.4 6.36 6 750 2510 7.1 1.3 67 5.8 4.0 321 20 304.3 305.3 289.1 321.3 5.60 7 700 3074 2.9 -1.5 73 4.4 0.7 319 20 305.7 306.6 288.9 320.6 4.88 8 650 3669 -1.2 -4.9 76 3.7 -2.9 310 18 307.6 308.4 288.9 320.4 4.09 9 600 4303 -4.8 -12.0 57 7.2 -7.5 303 20 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.8 2.55 10 550 4982 -8.3 -18.2 45 9.8 -11.5 294 19 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.7 1.66 11 500 5715 -13.1 -22.0 47 8.9 -15.5 274 19 317.1 317.4 289.2 321.6 1.32 12 450 6508 -19.0 -24.1 64 5.1 -20.2 261 19 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.6 1.22 13 400 7376 -24.3 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 226 16 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.05 14 350 8334 -32.1 -35.0 75 2.9 -32.4 213 14 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.56 15 300 9403 -40.8 -44.1 70 3.3 -41.1 175 10 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.25 16 250 10613 -52.3 -55.7 67 3.4 -52.4 170 16 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 17 200 12048 -47.7 -76.6 2 28.9 -48.3 187 32 357.3 357.3 298.1 357.3 0.01 18 150 13958 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.9 206 28 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.01 19 100 16605 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.9 192 18 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.26 m Freezing level: 664.35 mb = 3498.35 m = 11477.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.89 mb = 3190.61 m = 10467.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.48 mb = 1039.22 m = 3409.47 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.98 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.37 mb = 2223.89 m = 7296.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 18.34 C K Index: 29.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 334.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.24 mb = 1899.48 m = 6231.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.24 mb = 2595.29 m = 8514.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.24 mb = 10553.87 m = 34625.13 ft B at Equ Level: 332.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.24 mb = 11666.32 m = 38274.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 19.04 Bulk Shear: 17.58 m/s