MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 54.77,-102.56 Latitude: 54.77 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 975 336 27.3 17.6 55 9.7 20.6 180 7 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.4 13.09 2 950 565 25.2 16.1 57 9.1 19.0 191 12 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.8 12.17 3 900 1037 21.6 12.2 55 9.3 15.5 221 18 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.6 10.00 4 850 1530 18.5 5.4 42 13.1 10.9 250 17 305.5 306.8 290.5 325.7 6.63 5 800 2046 14.4 2.9 46 11.5 8.0 271 18 306.5 307.6 290.1 324.5 5.90 6 750 2587 9.8 1.9 58 7.9 5.5 290 19 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.3 5.88 7 700 3155 5.2 1.1 75 4.1 3.0 308 20 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.5 5.93 8 650 3755 0.1 -3.9 74 4.1 -1.8 318 19 309.1 310.0 289.6 322.9 4.40 9 600 4391 -4.6 -10.3 64 5.7 -6.8 315 14 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.1 2.91 10 550 5070 -9.3 -13.5 71 4.2 -10.8 317 16 313.1 313.5 289.0 321.0 2.45 11 500 5799 -13.6 -18.2 69 4.5 -15.0 307 20 316.4 316.8 289.5 322.5 1.83 12 450 6594 -18.5 -21.8 75 3.3 -19.4 303 15 320.0 320.2 290.3 325.0 1.48 13 400 7461 -24.9 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.5 299 7 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 0.99 14 350 8415 -33.0 -36.2 73 3.2 -33.4 178 2 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.50 15 300 9478 -42.4 -46.6 63 4.2 -42.7 165 9 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.19 16 250 10686 -49.8 -60.8 26 11.0 -50.1 211 5 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12135 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 290 18 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13994 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 314 21 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16582 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 316 15 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.35 m Freezing level: 648.47 mb = 3774.07 m = 12381.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.70 mb = 3525.18 m = 11565.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.13 mb = 1569.17 m = 5148.14 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.77 mb = 2434.15 m = 7985.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1394.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.59 mb = 1997.29 m = 6552.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.59 mb = 2813.97 m = 9232.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.59 mb = 10962.21 m = 35964.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1392.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.59 mb = 13593.67 m = 44598.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 22.15 Bulk Shear: 62.99 m/s