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: 54.55,-112.89 Latitude: 54.55 Longitude: -112.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 517 SFC 935 655 17.8 15.6 87 2.2 16.3 205 6 296.6 298.8 292.0 331.2 11.99 3 900 985 19.3 13.2 68 6.1 15.3 244 16 301.4 303.3 292.4 332.8 10.64 4 850 1473 15.5 8.2 62 7.2 11.1 284 15 302.3 303.8 290.7 326.4 8.07 5 800 1984 11.0 5.1 67 5.9 7.7 303 16 302.9 304.2 289.9 323.6 6.91 6 750 2518 6.8 1.2 68 5.5 3.9 319 16 303.9 304.9 289.0 320.8 5.58 7 700 3081 2.6 -1.8 73 4.4 0.4 322 16 305.3 306.2 288.8 320.0 4.79 8 650 3676 -1.2 -6.2 69 5.0 -3.4 309 17 307.6 308.3 288.5 319.1 3.69 9 600 4310 -4.5 -13.9 48 9.4 -7.9 302 17 311.0 311.4 288.1 318.0 2.18 10 550 4990 -8.1 -19.3 40 11.2 -11.6 290 17 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.51 11 500 5723 -12.7 -23.9 39 11.2 -15.7 271 17 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.3 1.11 12 450 6518 -18.4 -32.5 28 14.1 -21.1 263 20 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.1 0.55 13 400 7384 -25.0 -33.4 45 8.5 -26.3 240 22 322.5 322.7 290.2 324.6 0.57 14 350 8338 -32.9 -38.7 56 5.7 -33.6 213 15 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.38 15 300 9402 -42.2 -48.1 52 6.0 -42.5 185 12 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.16 16 250 10607 -51.7 -58.6 43 7.0 -51.9 192 17 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.06 17 200 12054 -49.4 -74.4 4 25.0 -49.9 203 28 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13961 -47.3 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.1 195 22 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.6 0.01 19 100 16604 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.3 190 17 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.75 m Freezing level: 665.85 mb = 3487.34 m = 11441.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.44 mb = 3144.91 m = 10317.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.29 C = 75.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.01 mb = 936.63 m = 3072.90 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2126.50 m = 6976.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.52 mb = 1863.43 m = 6113.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.52 mb = 2446.59 m = 8026.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.52 mb = 10697.70 m = 35097.03 ft B at Equ Level: 508.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.52 mb = 12170.40 m = 39928.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 88.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 24.96 Bulk Shear: 20.89 m/s