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: 50.53,-108.27 Latitude: 50.53 Longitude: -108.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 598 SFC 940 694 27.7 16.8 51 10.9 20.1 159 6 306.2 308.6 295.5 344.9 12.88 3 900 1072 22.0 15.4 66 6.6 17.5 159 6 304.2 306.5 294.6 340.9 12.32 4 850 1565 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 158 7 304.0 306.3 294.5 340.7 12.31 5 800 2080 14.1 8.8 70 5.3 10.8 148 14 306.1 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.89 6 750 2621 9.7 5.2 74 4.5 7.1 156 12 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.7 7.43 7 700 3189 4.8 1.9 82 2.9 3.2 155 13 307.8 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.29 8 650 3790 1.9 -6.2 55 8.1 -1.8 165 16 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.8 3.69 9 600 4432 -1.3 -9.9 52 8.6 -5.0 161 18 314.6 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.00 10 550 5120 -5.2 -18.7 34 13.6 -9.6 154 17 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.3 1.58 11 500 5861 -10.0 -34.1 12 24.1 -15.0 138 12 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.5 0.43 12 450 6664 -15.7 -43.8 7 28.1 -19.8 106 8 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.2 0.17 13 400 7539 -22.7 -43.9 13 21.2 -25.4 62 8 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 14 350 8502 -30.0 -49.5 13 19.5 -31.7 322 9 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.12 15 300 9585 -37.2 -53.5 17 16.2 -38.2 287 24 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 16 250 10816 -47.9 -52.7 57 4.8 -48.1 260 34 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12254 -55.1 -67.9 19 12.8 -55.3 299 16 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14102 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.3 315 9 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16681 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 323 18 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.59 m Freezing level: 620.85 mb = 4164.27 m = 13662.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.83 mb = 3570.74 m = 11714.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.50 mb = 2064.25 m = 6772.41 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 22.13 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.85 mb = 2144.86 m = 7036.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.39 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.52 mb = 1937.73 m = 6357.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.52 mb = 2308.32 m = 7573.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.52 mb = 11683.12 m = 38329.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1379.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.52 mb = 14608.27 m = 47926.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 182.4 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 227.26 Bulk Shear: 6.08 m/s