MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 50.34,-109.64 Latitude: 50.34 Longitude: -109.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 545 SFC 928 750 27.5 18.0 56 9.5 20.8 134 9 307.2 309.8 296.6 349.8 14.16 3 900 1023 24.2 17.0 64 7.3 19.2 134 10 306.5 309.0 296.1 347.5 13.64 4 850 1520 19.3 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 136 10 306.4 308.9 296.0 347.3 13.61 5 800 2039 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 139 9 306.8 309.2 295.8 346.3 13.12 6 750 2582 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 208 3 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.4 10.61 7 700 3154 6.4 5.0 90 1.5 5.6 242 4 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.6 7.83 8 650 3758 2.5 -2.3 71 4.8 0.1 240 2 311.7 312.7 290.9 327.3 4.96 9 600 4401 -0.7 -8.3 57 7.6 -4.1 134 1 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.2 3.41 10 550 5091 -5.0 -12.7 54 7.8 -8.0 84 2 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.8 2.61 11 500 5833 -9.1 -16.6 55 7.4 -11.8 92 3 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.09 12 450 6641 -14.1 -20.6 58 6.5 -16.0 75 6 325.5 325.9 292.0 331.3 1.65 13 400 7523 -20.6 -29.6 45 8.9 -22.5 78 8 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.2 0.82 14 350 8496 -27.6 -34.2 53 6.6 -28.7 252 2 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.7 0.60 15 300 9585 -36.5 -43.7 48 7.1 -37.2 246 10 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.27 16 250 10820 -46.8 -57.5 28 10.7 -47.2 229 11 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12261 -56.7 -62.3 49 5.6 -56.8 280 7 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14107 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 293 8 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16704 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 331 7 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.34 m Freezing level: 611.64 mb = 4251.53 m = 13948.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.06 mb = 3769.68 m = 12367.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.34 mb = 1950.22 m = 6398.28 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 23.57 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.54 mb = 1969.26 m = 6460.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.49 C Showalter Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.18 C K Index: 43.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2094.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.94 mb = 1943.87 m = 6377.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.94 mb = 1996.89 m = 6551.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.94 mb = 12798.44 m = 41989.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2034.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.94 mb = 15329.45 m = 50292.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.4 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 162.4 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -168.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 522.31 Bulk Shear: 4.01 m/s