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,-110.54 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -110.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 938 658 18.2 15.4 83 2.8 16.4 89 2 296.8 298.9 292.0 330.9 11.81 3 900 1019 21.4 14.3 64 7.1 16.7 133 5 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.7 11.48 4 850 1512 17.4 12.4 72 5.0 14.1 131 10 304.4 306.3 293.4 336.2 10.68 5 800 2026 12.6 10.6 87 2.0 11.3 123 11 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.7 10.07 6 750 2565 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 128 11 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.79 7 700 3131 5.6 -9.1 34 14.7 -0.7 112 12 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.4 2.75 8 650 3735 3.6 -15.6 23 19.1 -3.6 108 10 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.8 1.75 9 600 4378 -0.9 -26.4 13 25.4 -8.1 116 12 315.0 315.2 287.9 317.6 0.74 10 550 5067 -3.7 -44.2 3 40.5 -11.2 113 17 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.14 11 500 5812 -8.9 -40.9 6 32.0 -14.8 115 17 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.21 12 450 6619 -14.2 -44.9 6 30.7 -18.8 119 18 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.16 13 400 7500 -20.7 -41.6 13 20.9 -23.7 116 19 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 14 350 8471 -28.3 -49.8 11 21.5 -30.3 132 18 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.12 15 300 9558 -36.8 -57.5 10 20.7 -38.0 149 23 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.05 16 250 10790 -48.0 -57.4 33 9.4 -48.4 118 16 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12221 -57.3 -64.3 40 7.0 -57.4 116 6 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14066 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 259 7 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 267 6 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.78 m Freezing level: 610.38 mb = 4244.18 m = 13924.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.49 mb = 3078.59 m = 10100.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.37 mb = 1025.18 m = 3363.40 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.26 mb = 2096.67 m = 6878.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 24.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.61 mb = 1841.38 m = 6041.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.61 mb = 2425.58 m = 7957.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 662.61 mb = 3578.68 m = 11740.92 ft B at Equ Level: 53.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.61 mb = 12462.51 m = 40886.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.3 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 147.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.29 Bulk Shear: 9.34 m/s