MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.87,-110.67 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -110.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 547 SFC 937 668 24.0 17.3 66 6.8 19.4 75 4 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.4 13.37 3 900 1017 21.2 14.0 63 7.2 16.4 110 10 303.4 305.4 293.5 336.7 11.23 4 850 1510 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.0 117 13 303.9 305.9 293.2 335.6 10.63 5 800 2023 12.3 10.6 89 1.7 11.2 115 14 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.4 10.08 6 750 2562 8.8 6.6 86 2.2 7.5 121 15 306.1 307.7 292.0 330.9 8.20 7 700 3129 5.2 1.2 75 4.0 3.1 131 13 308.2 309.4 290.7 326.6 5.97 8 650 3733 3.4 -7.4 45 10.8 -1.5 125 16 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.5 3.37 9 600 4376 -1.4 -14.6 36 13.2 -6.3 133 14 314.6 314.9 289.2 321.3 2.05 10 550 5064 -4.3 -39.0 5 34.7 -11.4 125 17 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.8 0.24 11 500 5808 -8.7 -41.3 5 32.6 -14.7 125 19 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.21 12 450 6614 -14.6 -42.2 8 27.6 -19.0 127 21 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.21 13 400 7494 -20.8 -42.8 12 22.0 -23.9 126 26 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.8 0.22 14 350 8466 -28.3 -49.4 12 21.0 -30.3 136 24 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.12 15 300 9551 -37.1 -56.2 12 19.1 -38.1 143 27 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10782 -48.0 -58.8 28 10.8 -48.4 139 24 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12213 -57.6 -64.0 44 6.3 -57.8 152 13 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14059 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 246 8 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16658 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 312 6 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.80 m Freezing level: 614.33 mb = 4191.53 m = 13751.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.45 mb = 3529.42 m = 11579.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.52 mb = 1524.35 m = 5001.07 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 22.52 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2010.79 m = 6597.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.86 mb = 1919.37 m = 6297.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.86 mb = 2182.54 m = 7160.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.86 mb = 11461.33 m = 37602.33 ft B at Equ Level: 428.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.86 mb = 13074.69 m = 42895.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.8 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 153.8 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 49.38 Bulk Shear: 8.88 m/s