MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 48.86,-112.29 Latitude: 48.86 Longitude: -112.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 509 2 900 981 SFC 878 1190 19.3 17.4 88 2.0 18.0 54 5 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.2 14.37 4 850 1475 19.3 13.2 68 6.1 15.3 63 7 306.4 308.5 294.4 340.4 11.32 5 800 1994 15.9 8.9 63 7.0 11.5 100 1 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.4 8.97 6 750 2538 10.8 7.5 80 3.3 8.8 170 4 308.3 310.0 293.0 334.9 8.72 7 700 3109 6.5 2.0 73 4.5 4.0 176 10 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.2 6.33 8 650 3713 2.3 -2.7 70 5.0 -0.2 194 8 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.7 4.82 9 600 4354 -2.3 -7.9 65 5.6 -4.8 212 8 313.4 314.1 290.2 324.7 3.51 10 550 5039 -7.3 -15.4 53 8.0 -10.1 235 10 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.3 2.10 11 500 5773 -12.8 -23.8 39 11.0 -15.7 238 14 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.3 1.12 12 450 6567 -18.5 -31.6 31 13.1 -21.1 235 17 319.9 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.60 13 400 7435 -24.7 -34.8 39 10.1 -26.3 226 17 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.50 14 350 8394 -30.4 -33.6 73 3.2 -30.9 216 28 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.2 0.64 15 300 9472 -39.0 -42.2 71 3.2 -39.3 200 43 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10692 -50.3 -53.7 67 3.4 -50.4 194 50 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12112 -56.1 -63.5 39 7.4 -56.2 215 41 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 13978 -49.3 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.0 206 24 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.01 19 100 16606 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 186 11 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.35 m Freezing level: 625.30 mb = 4029.94 m = 13221.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.54 mb = 3681.31 m = 12077.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.74 mb = 1436.76 m = 4713.72 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 24.86 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.77 mb = 2618.21 m = 8589.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.48 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 40.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1437.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.80 mb = 2417.56 m = 7931.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.80 mb = 2924.43 m = 9594.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.80 mb = 11628.05 m = 38149.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1426.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.80 mb = 14161.74 m = 46461.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 46.60 Bulk Shear: 30.84 m/s