MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 49.17,-110.41 Latitude: 49.17 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 555 SFC 909 941 23.5 15.4 60 8.1 18.0 249 3 304.8 307.1 294.6 341.2 12.17 3 900 1029 22.7 14.3 59 8.4 17.1 239 4 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.2 11.46 4 850 1522 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.8 243 5 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.5 11.27 5 800 2038 13.3 10.8 85 2.4 11.7 245 7 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.0 10.25 6 750 2578 9.4 7.1 86 2.3 8.0 255 11 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.3 8.45 7 700 3147 5.7 3.4 85 2.2 4.4 271 12 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.3 7.02 8 650 3749 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.7 275 12 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.94 9 600 4390 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 278 12 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.1 5.20 10 550 5078 -5.2 -5.9 94 0.8 -5.5 284 10 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.4 4.47 11 500 5823 -8.9 -9.7 94 0.8 -9.2 294 9 322.2 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.67 12 450 6631 -14.1 -15.5 89 1.4 -14.6 307 7 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.2 2.55 13 400 7514 -20.2 -22.3 83 2.1 -20.8 320 3 328.7 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.60 14 350 8489 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.8 -28.1 167 3 331.6 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.87 15 300 9576 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.3 87 9 333.3 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.38 16 250 10808 -47.5 -53.0 53 5.5 -47.7 107 17 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12251 -53.8 -63.1 31 9.3 -54.1 117 12 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14118 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 271 5 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16709 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 313 6 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.35 m Freezing level: 630.08 mb = 4004.56 m = 13138.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.58 mb = 3891.14 m = 12766.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.08 C = 77.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.23 mb = 1961.30 m = 6434.63 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.22 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2246.65 m = 7370.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.07 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 574.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.80 mb = 2134.55 m = 7003.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.80 mb = 2403.30 m = 7884.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.80 mb = 11186.44 m = 36700.48 ft B at Equ Level: 567.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.80 mb = 13087.75 m = 42938.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 115.11 Bulk Shear: 4.99 m/s