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: 52.90,-110.50 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -110.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 548 SFC 938 656 18.2 15.4 84 2.8 16.4 85 2 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.8 11.82 3 900 1019 21.4 14.3 64 7.1 16.7 132 6 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.7 11.48 4 850 1512 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.2 131 10 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.4 10.76 5 800 2026 12.6 10.8 88 1.9 11.4 122 11 304.6 306.5 293.1 335.1 10.19 6 750 2565 8.4 6.1 86 2.2 7.1 127 11 305.7 307.1 291.6 329.6 7.92 7 700 3131 5.5 -8.2 37 13.6 -0.5 113 12 308.5 309.1 288.1 317.9 2.95 8 650 3735 3.6 -15.6 23 19.2 -3.6 108 10 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.7 1.74 9 600 4378 -0.9 -26.7 12 25.8 -8.1 116 13 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.6 0.72 10 550 5067 -3.7 -43.1 3 39.4 -11.2 113 17 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.15 11 500 5812 -8.9 -42.2 5 33.3 -14.9 115 17 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.19 12 450 6619 -14.2 -44.3 6 30.1 -18.8 118 18 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.16 13 400 7500 -20.6 -41.4 14 20.7 -23.7 116 18 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 14 350 8471 -28.3 -50.0 11 21.8 -30.3 131 18 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.11 15 300 9558 -36.8 -57.5 10 20.7 -38.0 149 22 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.05 16 250 10790 -48.0 -57.5 33 9.4 -48.4 117 16 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12221 -57.3 -64.2 41 7.0 -57.4 115 6 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14066 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.6 260 7 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 268 6 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.81 m Freezing level: 610.09 mb = 4248.07 m = 13937.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.36 mb = 3091.86 m = 10143.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.80 mb = 1011.41 m = 3318.25 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 19.83 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.95 mb = 2089.53 m = 6855.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 25.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.71 mb = 1830.04 m = 6003.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.71 mb = 2413.68 m = 7918.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.71 mb = 3688.98 m = 12102.81 ft B at Equ Level: 56.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.71 mb = 12426.13 m = 40767.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 147.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.12 Bulk Shear: 9.05 m/s