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: 49.71,-109.74 Latitude: 49.71 Longitude: -109.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 498 2 900 974 SFC 892 1052 22.9 15.7 64 7.2 17.9 38 5 305.9 308.3 295.3 343.8 12.65 4 850 1471 19.8 12.2 62 7.6 14.8 69 8 306.8 308.8 294.0 338.6 10.54 5 800 1989 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.4 93 9 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.2 10.36 6 750 2531 9.7 9.2 97 0.5 9.4 106 10 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.80 7 700 3101 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 142 16 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.4 8.06 8 650 3704 1.8 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 171 21 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.2 6.54 9 600 4344 -2.7 -4.6 86 2.0 -3.6 183 26 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.3 4.52 10 550 5030 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.4 -7.5 194 38 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.73 11 500 5767 -11.1 -12.5 90 1.4 -11.6 209 42 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.2 2.94 12 450 6568 -16.4 -18.4 85 2.0 -17.0 209 38 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.4 1.99 13 400 7443 -22.2 -25.8 72 3.6 -23.1 208 37 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.2 1.16 14 350 8409 -29.8 -34.1 66 4.3 -30.4 210 33 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.61 15 300 9489 -38.6 -42.0 70 3.4 -38.9 212 49 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10713 -49.3 -52.8 66 3.6 -49.4 218 62 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12143 -55.8 -65.6 28 9.8 -56.0 220 41 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13974 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 228 27 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16589 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 226 9 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.81 m Freezing level: 630.13 mb = 3958.34 m = 12986.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.04 mb = 3890.22 m = 12763.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.09 % Est. max temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.81 mb = 1969.94 m = 6462.97 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 16.50 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.89 mb = 2388.11 m = 7834.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 42.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1275.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.19 mb = 2340.96 m = 7680.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.19 mb = 2506.78 m = 8224.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.19 mb = 11764.28 m = 38596.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.19 mb = 14319.15 m = 46978.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.1 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 219.1 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 10.72 Bulk Shear: 118.91 m/s