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: 51.79,-107.48 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -107.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 951 559 29.0 18.3 52 10.7 21.4 149 6 306.5 309.1 296.3 348.6 14.02 2 950 567 27.8 17.6 54 10.1 20.7 149 5 305.4 307.9 295.7 345.7 13.48 3 900 1042 22.6 16.4 68 6.3 18.4 146 6 304.8 307.3 295.3 344.1 13.14 4 850 1537 17.8 15.3 85 2.5 16.1 143 6 304.8 307.2 295.2 343.6 12.98 5 800 2052 13.7 9.2 74 4.5 10.9 125 7 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.3 9.17 6 750 2593 9.8 3.2 64 6.6 6.1 104 7 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.8 6.44 7 700 3162 6.6 0.0 63 6.6 3.1 94 3 309.8 310.8 290.8 326.8 5.49 8 650 3767 2.7 -2.7 68 5.4 0.0 108 5 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.2 4.83 9 600 4410 -1.3 -7.5 63 6.1 -4.1 127 12 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.2 3.63 10 550 5097 -5.6 -9.4 74 3.8 -7.2 138 12 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.5 3.40 11 500 5838 -10.2 -16.7 59 6.5 -12.4 105 7 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.5 2.07 12 450 6642 -15.2 -43.8 7 28.6 -19.5 51 6 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.18 13 400 7519 -22.2 -46.1 10 23.8 -25.1 343 4 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 14 350 8486 -28.7 -58.5 4 29.8 -30.9 340 7 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.04 15 300 9571 -36.9 -60.0 7 23.1 -38.0 2 11 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 16 250 10805 -47.4 -58.3 27 10.9 -47.7 314 9 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12248 -54.1 -68.1 16 14.0 -54.4 309 11 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14101 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 312 9 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16694 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 337 12 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.01 m Freezing level: 616.53 mb = 4197.37 m = 13770.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3769.76 m = 12367.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.71 mb = 1907.74 m = 6258.92 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 21.81 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.36 mb = 1901.01 m = 6236.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1698.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.33 mb = 1838.81 m = 6032.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.33 mb = 1995.77 m = 6547.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.33 mb = 12077.66 m = 39624.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1682.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.33 mb = 14758.95 m = 48421.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 151.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -6.8 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1171.65 Bulk Shear: 1.45 m/s