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: 53.16,-110.57 Latitude: 53.16 Longitude: -110.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 548 SFC 938 659 24.3 17.4 66 6.9 19.5 87 4 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.47 3 900 1019 21.5 13.7 61 7.8 16.4 124 10 303.7 305.7 293.4 336.4 11.01 4 850 1512 17.2 11.9 71 5.3 13.8 126 14 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.1 10.35 5 800 2025 12.5 9.3 81 3.1 10.5 124 14 304.4 306.1 292.3 332.1 9.26 6 750 2563 8.6 2.7 66 5.9 5.4 128 15 305.9 307.1 290.2 324.8 6.19 7 700 3130 6.0 -8.9 33 14.9 -0.4 128 16 309.1 309.7 288.1 318.0 2.78 8 650 3735 3.9 -18.7 17 22.6 -4.0 130 15 313.4 313.6 288.1 317.9 1.35 9 600 4378 -1.3 -21.0 21 19.7 -7.5 136 15 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.19 10 550 5067 -3.9 -40.6 4 36.7 -11.2 123 19 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.2 0.20 11 500 5811 -9.0 -40.4 6 31.5 -14.8 125 18 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 12 450 6617 -14.5 -42.8 7 28.3 -19.0 128 20 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.19 13 400 7497 -20.8 -42.4 13 21.6 -23.9 129 23 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.8 0.23 14 350 8468 -28.3 -50.7 10 22.4 -30.3 136 23 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 15 300 9555 -37.1 -57.0 11 20.0 -38.2 149 24 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10785 -48.3 -57.0 36 8.7 -48.6 139 20 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12214 -58.0 -63.4 50 5.4 -58.1 155 12 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 14058 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 251 8 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16658 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 313 6 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.32 m Freezing level: 612.24 mb = 4220.51 m = 13846.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.87 mb = 3085.02 m = 10121.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.36 mb = 1527.98 m = 5013.01 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 24.94 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2082.50 m = 6832.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 23.13 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 369.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.53 mb = 1977.47 m = 6487.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.53 mb = 2241.44 m = 7353.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.53 mb = 3616.55 m = 11865.17 ft B at Equ Level: 32.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.53 mb = 12905.89 m = 42341.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.0 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 157.0 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 46.73 Bulk Shear: 7.91 m/s