MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 49.23,-112.53 Latitude: 49.23 Longitude: -112.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 598 2 900 1056 SFC 889 1164 12.7 12.4 98 0.3 12.6 34 6 295.7 297.6 290.3 325.3 10.26 4 850 1536 11.4 11.3 99 0.1 11.3 79 19 298.1 299.9 290.9 327.0 9.91 5 800 2043 9.9 9.7 99 0.2 9.8 103 18 301.7 303.4 291.6 329.8 9.49 6 750 2578 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 117 15 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.2 8.54 7 700 3144 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.3 118 11 307.5 308.8 291.7 330.0 7.40 8 650 3744 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 115 9 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.03 9 600 4384 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 122 8 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.1 5.12 10 550 5070 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.7 125 7 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.06 11 500 5809 -10.8 -11.9 92 1.1 -11.2 116 6 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.0 3.07 12 450 6611 -16.1 -17.6 88 1.5 -16.6 116 3 323.0 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.14 13 400 7486 -22.7 -24.9 82 2.3 -23.2 253 3 325.5 325.8 291.7 329.9 1.26 14 350 8451 -30.0 -33.1 74 3.1 -30.4 270 7 328.3 328.5 291.9 330.8 0.67 15 300 9528 -39.5 -43.0 69 3.5 -39.8 275 10 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 16 250 10746 -49.8 -54.6 57 4.8 -49.9 296 12 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.09 17 200 12192 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.7 -52.4 264 10 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14053 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 264 12 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16628 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 306 6 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.97 m Freezing level: 640.69 mb = 3863.30 m = 12674.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.45 mb = 3825.14 m = 12549.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.10 % Est. max temperature: 21.92 C = 71.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.55 mb = 1201.72 m = 3942.61 ft T: 12.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 1.87 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1785.45 m = 5857.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.73 C = 62.11 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6748.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.82 mb = 1686.57 m = 5533.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.0 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 140.0 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 9.77 m/s