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: 53.04,-111.33 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -111.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 546 SFC 934 695 24.1 17.5 67 6.6 19.5 101 2 303.1 305.7 295.1 343.5 13.60 3 900 1018 20.8 14.5 67 6.4 16.6 131 8 302.9 305.1 293.6 337.3 11.57 4 850 1509 17.1 12.1 73 4.9 13.8 137 12 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.3 10.51 5 800 2023 12.5 10.7 89 1.8 11.3 132 12 304.5 306.3 293.0 334.7 10.12 6 750 2562 8.2 5.7 85 2.4 6.8 135 13 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.7 7.71 7 700 3128 5.9 -10.1 31 16.0 -0.8 126 13 309.0 309.5 287.8 317.1 2.53 8 650 3732 3.5 -15.6 23 19.1 -3.6 123 12 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.7 1.75 9 600 4374 -1.4 -24.6 15 23.1 -8.1 130 14 314.5 314.6 287.9 317.4 0.87 10 550 5063 -4.2 -40.0 4 35.8 -11.3 122 17 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.21 11 500 5807 -9.0 -45.3 3 36.4 -15.0 126 18 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.13 12 450 6613 -14.8 -44.1 6 29.3 -19.3 132 20 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.17 13 400 7492 -21.0 -44.0 11 23.0 -24.1 130 25 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 14 350 8463 -28.5 -49.0 12 20.5 -30.4 139 24 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9547 -37.2 -56.4 12 19.2 -38.2 145 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10778 -48.0 -58.8 28 10.8 -48.3 143 28 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12211 -57.4 -63.8 44 6.4 -57.5 151 13 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 14057 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 237 9 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16658 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 301 5 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.97 m Freezing level: 614.39 mb = 4189.48 m = 13744.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.30 mb = 3065.93 m = 10058.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.72 mb = 1532.19 m = 5026.80 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 26.39 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2023.30 m = 6638.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 22.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 486.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.83 mb = 1898.90 m = 6229.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.83 mb = 2161.76 m = 7092.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.83 mb = 11402.54 m = 37409.47 ft B at Equ Level: 478.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.83 mb = 13374.48 m = 43878.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 158.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 59.02 Bulk Shear: 8.24 m/s