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: 49.76,-109.76 Latitude: 49.76 Longitude: -109.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 500 2 900 976 SFC 898 998 23.1 15.8 63 7.3 18.1 39 6 305.5 307.9 295.1 343.4 12.65 4 850 1472 19.3 12.4 64 7.0 14.8 69 8 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.6 10.69 5 800 1990 14.3 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 89 9 306.4 308.4 293.8 338.0 10.47 6 750 2531 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 107 11 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.67 7 700 3100 5.5 5.0 96 0.5 5.2 147 17 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.6 7.84 8 650 3703 1.6 1.1 96 0.5 1.4 173 21 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.6 6.39 9 600 4343 -2.6 -4.7 85 2.1 -3.6 184 26 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.4 4.51 10 550 5029 -6.7 -8.5 87 1.8 -7.5 194 38 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.9 3.66 11 500 5767 -11.1 -12.6 89 1.5 -11.6 209 42 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.2 2.91 12 450 6568 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.0 209 38 322.6 322.9 291.5 329.3 2.00 13 400 7443 -22.1 -25.8 72 3.7 -23.0 208 37 326.2 326.5 291.8 330.3 1.16 14 350 8408 -29.8 -34.1 66 4.3 -30.4 210 33 328.6 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.61 15 300 9488 -38.6 -41.9 71 3.3 -38.9 211 48 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10712 -49.3 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.4 218 63 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12142 -55.9 -65.3 30 9.5 -56.1 218 41 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13973 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 227 27 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16589 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -54.1 225 9 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.59 m Freezing level: 630.60 mb = 3951.04 m = 12962.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.11 mb = 3875.43 m = 12714.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.00 mb = 1925.68 m = 6317.77 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2310.93 m = 7581.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 42.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.01 mb = 2255.68 m = 7400.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.01 mb = 2419.59 m = 7938.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.01 mb = 11531.17 m = 37831.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1277.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.01 mb = 13972.69 m = 45841.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.7 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 218.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.68 Bulk Shear: 119.77 m/s