MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.21,-111.60 Latitude: 53.21 Longitude: -111.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 536 SFC 933 689 22.5 19.5 83 3.0 20.4 219 3 301.6 304.4 296.0 347.2 15.51 3 900 1006 20.1 15.7 75 4.5 17.1 163 5 302.2 304.6 294.1 339.3 12.53 4 850 1497 16.9 13.4 79 3.6 14.6 133 9 303.9 306.0 293.8 337.9 11.41 5 800 2011 12.3 11.6 95 0.7 11.9 125 10 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.6 10.81 6 750 2550 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 113 14 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.7 9.08 7 700 3119 5.6 4.8 94 0.8 5.1 124 16 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.71 8 650 3722 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.6 132 17 311.2 312.5 292.1 331.4 6.49 9 600 4364 -1.7 -3.0 91 1.2 -2.3 137 18 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.3 5.13 10 550 5052 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 130 20 318.1 319.0 292.6 333.2 4.68 11 500 5796 -9.1 -10.8 88 1.7 -9.8 130 21 321.9 322.6 292.5 333.0 3.35 12 450 6605 -14.0 -17.3 76 3.3 -15.1 146 23 325.7 326.1 292.6 333.2 2.19 13 400 7487 -20.6 -27.9 52 7.2 -22.2 157 29 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.6 0.97 14 350 8460 -27.9 -42.0 25 14.1 -29.6 156 35 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.27 15 300 9547 -37.4 -49.2 28 11.8 -38.2 159 33 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10776 -48.2 -52.6 60 4.4 -48.4 165 29 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12207 -57.0 -64.5 39 7.4 -57.2 177 21 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 14055 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 189 11 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 210 8 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.56 m Freezing level: 623.29 mb = 4064.86 m = 13335.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.60 mb = 3977.74 m = 13050.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.68 mb = 1066.33 m = 3498.41 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 16.90 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1802.63 m = 5914.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 38.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.36 mb = 1644.53 m = 5395.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.36 mb = 1902.04 m = 6240.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.36 mb = 11883.17 m = 38986.29 ft B at Equ Level: 924.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.36 mb = 14039.19 m = 46059.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.1 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 162.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 44.38 Bulk Shear: 21.05 m/s