MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 49.57,-108.95 Latitude: 49.57 Longitude: -108.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 493 2 900 970 SFC 890 1068 24.2 14.4 54 9.8 17.6 86 12 307.4 309.6 295.0 342.7 11.68 4 850 1469 20.8 12.2 58 8.6 15.1 92 18 307.9 309.9 294.3 339.8 10.53 5 800 1989 15.8 10.9 72 5.0 12.6 100 18 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.1 10.26 6 750 2533 10.6 9.2 91 1.4 9.7 125 17 308.1 310.0 293.8 337.9 9.82 7 700 3104 6.2 6.0 98 0.3 6.1 150 19 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.1 8.39 8 650 3709 2.7 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 179 21 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.1 6.79 9 600 4352 -1.4 -4.5 80 3.0 -2.9 199 26 314.5 315.3 291.5 329.0 4.58 10 550 5040 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 208 36 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.7 3.57 11 500 5779 -11.6 -15.9 71 4.3 -13.0 216 39 318.9 319.3 290.6 326.3 2.22 12 450 6578 -16.4 -21.5 65 5.1 -17.9 211 36 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.8 1.52 13 400 7454 -21.9 -28.3 56 6.4 -23.3 208 38 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.8 0.93 14 350 8422 -28.8 -33.5 64 4.7 -29.6 212 41 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.65 15 300 9506 -37.8 -43.5 55 5.7 -38.3 219 44 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.27 16 250 10733 -48.7 -54.1 53 5.4 -48.9 222 53 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 17 200 12165 -56.7 -63.7 41 7.0 -56.9 222 41 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 13985 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 229 30 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16592 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 227 9 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.74 m Freezing level: 617.51 mb = 4127.11 m = 13540.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.22 mb = 3983.03 m = 13067.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.03 mb = 2299.85 m = 7545.34 ft T: 12.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.97 mb = 2566.46 m = 8420.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.94 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 44.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.65 mb = 2525.68 m = 8286.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.65 mb = 2692.95 m = 8835.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.65 mb = 11681.18 m = 38323.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1185.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.65 mb = 14174.54 m = 46503.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.09 Bulk Shear: 146.82 m/s