MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.81,-111.30 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -111.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 548 SFC 936 677 18.2 16.1 87 2.1 16.8 191 1 297.0 299.2 292.4 332.8 12.40 3 900 1018 21.1 14.4 66 6.6 16.7 150 6 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.6 11.56 4 850 1510 17.2 13.2 78 3.9 14.6 138 11 304.1 306.2 293.8 337.9 11.32 5 800 2024 12.8 11.8 94 1.0 12.1 130 11 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.4 10.91 6 750 2563 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.6 113 8 305.9 307.5 292.0 331.2 8.37 7 700 3130 5.4 -3.3 53 8.7 1.1 100 8 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.7 4.27 8 650 3734 3.5 -14.8 25 18.3 -3.5 113 10 312.9 313.3 288.4 319.0 1.86 9 600 4376 -1.0 -24.4 15 23.4 -7.9 116 11 315.0 315.2 288.1 318.0 0.89 10 550 5066 -3.8 -39.2 4 35.4 -11.1 116 15 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.23 11 500 5810 -9.4 -36.4 9 27.1 -14.9 121 16 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.34 12 450 6615 -14.4 -47.9 4 33.5 -19.1 122 19 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 13 400 7497 -20.7 -46.2 8 25.6 -23.9 121 20 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.15 14 350 8468 -28.7 -48.0 14 19.3 -30.6 133 18 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 15 300 9553 -36.9 -58.0 9 21.1 -38.0 150 26 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 16 250 10786 -47.8 -58.2 29 10.4 -48.2 141 25 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12219 -57.1 -63.7 43 6.6 -57.2 129 7 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14065 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 243 8 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 250 6 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.41 m Freezing level: 610.95 mb = 4235.70 m = 13896.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.76 mb = 3274.22 m = 10742.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.02 mb = 950.05 m = 3116.92 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 19.85 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.73 mb = 2037.38 m = 6684.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.06 mb = 1762.41 m = 5782.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.06 mb = 2342.62 m = 7685.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.06 mb = 11046.18 m = 36240.32 ft B at Equ Level: 365.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.06 mb = 12892.53 m = 42297.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 150.1 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -8.4 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 41.71 Bulk Shear: 8.79 m/s