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: 52.37,-107.10 Latitude: 52.37 Longitude: -107.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 494 30.5 16.3 42 14.2 20.7 151 6 307.4 309.7 295.4 344.4 12.26 2 950 568 28.5 15.5 45 13.0 19.6 151 6 306.1 308.3 294.6 341.3 11.74 3 900 1044 23.5 14.1 55 9.4 17.2 152 7 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.27 4 850 1540 18.7 13.2 70 5.5 15.0 152 7 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.26 5 800 2056 13.7 12.0 90 1.7 12.6 151 7 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.0 11.09 6 750 2597 9.4 5.1 74 4.3 6.9 84 4 306.8 308.2 291.5 329.1 7.35 7 700 3165 6.1 0.5 67 5.6 3.1 67 5 309.3 310.3 290.8 326.8 5.67 8 650 3770 3.4 -4.4 56 7.9 -0.4 88 6 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.3 4.24 9 600 4414 -1.3 -6.2 70 4.8 -3.6 133 4 314.6 315.3 291.0 327.4 4.02 10 550 5101 -6.0 -10.7 70 4.7 -7.9 170 7 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.0 3.08 11 500 5840 -11.0 -22.6 38 11.6 -14.3 108 4 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.9 1.25 12 450 6642 -15.6 -48.7 4 33.1 -20.0 45 7 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.10 13 400 7518 -22.1 -52.1 5 30.0 -25.2 25 7 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 14 350 8484 -29.1 -58.9 4 29.8 -31.2 19 10 329.5 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.04 15 300 9568 -37.3 -57.8 10 20.5 -38.4 16 15 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 16 250 10799 -47.7 -59.3 25 11.6 -48.1 333 9 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 17 200 12242 -53.4 -67.9 16 14.4 -53.7 309 13 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14099 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 299 10 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16691 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 337 14 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.67 m Freezing level: 614.08 mb = 4232.77 m = 13886.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3700.63 m = 12141.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.53 mb = 2273.39 m = 7458.54 ft T: 11.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2252.88 m = 7391.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.13 mb = 2224.21 m = 7297.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.13 mb = 2277.75 m = 7472.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.13 mb = 11363.03 m = 37279.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1086.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.13 mb = 13717.39 m = 45004.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.4 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 155.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -5.2 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1038.20 Bulk Shear: 1.05 m/s