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: 49.62,-105.37 Latitude: 49.62 Longitude: -105.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 514 SFC 927 728 26.3 13.3 45 12.9 17.7 71 12 306.0 307.9 293.6 337.3 10.43 3 900 989 23.8 11.8 47 12.0 16.0 75 19 306.0 307.8 293.1 335.2 9.69 4 850 1485 19.1 10.4 57 8.7 13.6 81 21 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.4 9.37 5 800 2002 15.9 4.2 46 11.7 9.2 112 20 308.1 309.3 291.1 327.9 6.47 6 750 2549 14.0 13.4 96 0.7 13.6 178 20 311.8 314.3 297.0 351.6 12.96 7 700 3129 9.8 7.6 86 2.3 8.4 205 16 313.4 315.2 294.9 342.4 9.38 8 650 3741 6.2 0.3 66 5.9 2.9 226 17 315.9 317.1 293.0 335.0 6.01 9 600 4392 1.2 -5.7 60 6.8 -2.1 232 23 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.18 10 550 5084 -5.2 -7.7 83 2.5 -6.3 233 29 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.89 11 500 5824 -11.4 -14.3 79 2.9 -12.5 235 35 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.5 2.52 12 450 6623 -16.7 -24.5 51 7.8 -18.7 237 35 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.3 1.16 13 400 7496 -22.8 -27.1 68 4.3 -23.8 244 29 325.3 325.5 291.4 329.0 1.04 14 350 8462 -29.2 -33.9 64 4.7 -29.9 247 34 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.62 15 300 9549 -36.5 -41.2 62 4.7 -37.0 243 35 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.35 16 250 10784 -47.0 -50.9 64 3.9 -47.2 249 44 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12217 -59.4 -63.1 62 3.7 -59.5 250 51 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 14017 -56.1 -79.9 4 23.8 -56.5 243 28 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16600 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 253 10 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.39 m Freezing level: 590.78 mb = 4519.23 m = 14826.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.73 mb = 4115.60 m = 13502.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.19 mb = 2357.20 m = 7733.50 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 25.35 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3637.57 m = 11934.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.61 C = 96.09 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 322.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.68 mb = 2564.21 m = 8412.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.68 mb = 5030.57 m = 16504.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.68 mb = 9234.57 m = 30296.78 ft B at Equ Level: 275.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.68 mb = 12418.36 m = 40742.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 289.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 200.77 m/s