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: 53.36,-110.27 Latitude: 53.36 Longitude: -110.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 549 SFC 940 645 24.4 17.6 66 6.8 19.7 97 4 302.9 305.5 295.1 343.3 13.62 3 900 1021 21.8 13.2 58 8.6 16.1 132 12 303.9 305.9 293.2 335.6 10.63 4 850 1513 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.3 130 15 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.2 9.69 5 800 2027 12.9 6.2 64 6.7 9.0 124 18 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.3 7.44 6 750 2566 8.9 -0.4 52 9.3 4.1 124 21 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.5 4.97 7 700 3133 5.9 -12.0 26 17.9 -1.3 121 20 309.0 309.4 287.4 316.0 2.18 8 650 3737 3.7 -20.2 15 23.9 -4.3 128 15 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.2 1.18 9 600 4380 -0.7 -28.0 11 27.3 -8.1 136 15 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.5 0.63 10 550 5069 -3.9 -33.6 8 29.7 -10.8 124 19 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.41 11 500 5813 -9.0 -35.1 10 26.1 -14.5 124 18 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.38 12 450 6620 -14.4 -40.9 9 26.5 -18.8 128 18 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.24 13 400 7500 -20.7 -44.6 10 23.9 -23.9 130 22 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 14 350 8472 -28.1 -53.4 7 25.3 -30.2 134 22 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 15 300 9558 -37.2 -55.8 13 18.7 -38.2 153 21 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10788 -48.2 -57.5 34 9.2 -48.6 137 14 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.06 17 200 12215 -58.1 -63.6 49 5.5 -58.2 159 10 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 14057 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 258 7 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 316 8 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.68 m Freezing level: 608.37 mb = 4272.09 m = 14015.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.18 mb = 2990.80 m = 9812.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.42 mb = 1509.19 m = 4951.36 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 27.30 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2250.20 m = 7382.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 19.34 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.98 mb = 2058.86 m = 6754.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.98 mb = 2543.79 m = 8345.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.98 mb = 3588.18 m = 11772.11 ft B at Equ Level: 16.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.98 mb = 12819.88 m = 42059.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.2 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 156.2 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -8.7 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 26.15 Bulk Shear: 7.69 m/s