MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 50.14,-107.17 Latitude: 50.14 Longitude: -107.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 558 SFC 927 773 24.5 17.1 63 7.4 19.4 96 4 304.1 306.6 295.2 343.8 13.31 3 900 1033 22.8 14.6 60 8.2 17.3 107 6 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.70 4 850 1528 18.0 13.7 76 4.3 15.1 114 6 305.0 307.2 294.3 339.9 11.67 5 800 2043 13.1 12.1 94 1.0 12.5 119 6 305.1 307.2 294.0 338.7 11.20 6 750 2583 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 130 4 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.14 7 700 3154 6.6 2.9 78 3.6 4.5 159 3 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.6 6.76 8 650 3758 2.3 -0.2 84 2.5 1.0 195 5 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.6 5.81 9 600 4399 -2.1 -3.2 92 1.1 -2.6 208 6 313.7 314.7 291.6 329.6 5.04 10 550 5087 -5.6 -6.8 91 1.2 -6.1 220 7 317.4 318.2 292.0 330.9 4.18 11 500 5829 -9.5 -10.8 90 1.3 -10.0 231 6 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.6 3.36 12 450 6637 -13.9 -15.7 87 1.7 -14.6 250 7 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.2 2.51 13 400 7521 -19.5 -21.7 83 2.2 -20.1 273 7 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.68 14 350 8498 -27.0 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 290 9 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.8 0.94 15 300 9589 -36.2 -39.3 73 3.1 -36.5 281 11 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.42 16 250 10825 -47.4 -50.8 68 3.4 -47.6 281 13 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12259 -57.0 -61.4 58 4.4 -57.1 311 14 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14110 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 306 8 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16695 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 359 15 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.49 m Freezing level: 624.03 mb = 4091.20 m = 13422.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.72 mb = 3923.52 m = 12872.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.49 mb = 1714.76 m = 5625.79 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2067.58 m = 6783.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 807.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.82 mb = 2023.74 m = 6639.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.82 mb = 2182.12 m = 7159.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.82 mb = 11739.90 m = 38516.27 ft B at Equ Level: 806.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.82 mb = 13823.94 m = 45353.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.0 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 217.0 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 113.40 Bulk Shear: 7.12 m/s