MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 50.21,-108.00 Latitude: 50.21 Longitude: -108.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 601 SFC 928 805 24.5 16.7 62 7.8 19.2 171 6 304.1 306.5 295.0 342.8 13.01 3 900 1073 20.9 15.8 73 5.0 17.5 167 5 303.0 305.4 294.4 340.6 12.68 4 850 1564 16.6 14.2 86 2.4 15.0 152 7 303.5 305.7 294.1 339.4 12.08 5 800 2079 13.9 9.3 74 4.6 11.1 144 17 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.8 9.24 6 750 2620 9.8 5.2 73 4.6 7.1 149 15 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.8 7.40 7 700 3189 5.2 3.7 90 1.5 4.4 166 13 308.3 309.6 291.7 330.2 7.16 8 650 3790 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 184 18 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.18 9 600 4432 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.5 -2.4 181 21 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.28 10 550 5120 -5.4 -8.7 78 3.2 -6.8 166 20 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.3 3.61 11 500 5862 -9.8 -23.0 33 13.1 -13.6 149 15 321.0 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.20 12 450 6665 -15.6 -41.1 9 25.5 -19.7 131 11 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7541 -22.5 -46.2 10 23.7 -25.4 100 8 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 14 350 8505 -29.8 -46.8 18 17.0 -31.4 317 7 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.16 15 300 9589 -37.1 -43.3 53 6.2 -37.7 273 23 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.28 16 250 10821 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.0 258 28 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12256 -55.3 -67.8 20 12.5 -55.5 306 20 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14105 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 304 8 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16680 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 328 20 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.09 m Freezing level: 631.33 mb = 4029.88 m = 13221.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3969.01 m = 13021.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.08 mb = 1786.26 m = 5860.35 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2147.06 m = 7044.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.56 C = 79.80 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1138.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.05 mb = 1827.72 m = 5996.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.05 mb = 2519.48 m = 8265.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.05 mb = 11670.78 m = 38289.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1126.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.05 mb = 14145.22 m = 46407.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.8 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 191.8 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 104.61 Bulk Shear: 10.88 m/s