MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.87,-110.90 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -110.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 529 SFC 934 675 21.7 19.1 85 2.7 19.9 253 3 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.7 15.01 3 900 998 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 226 3 300.7 303.2 294.6 341.1 13.77 4 850 1486 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 143 7 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.8 12.01 5 800 1998 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 131 13 303.8 305.7 292.8 334.1 10.15 6 750 2537 9.0 7.5 90 1.6 8.1 141 20 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.6 8.69 7 700 3106 5.8 4.1 89 1.7 4.8 140 22 308.9 310.3 292.1 331.5 7.36 8 650 3710 2.3 0.4 87 1.9 1.3 141 23 311.6 312.7 291.8 330.4 6.06 9 600 4352 -1.4 -3.8 84 2.4 -2.6 144 25 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.8 4.81 10 550 5042 -4.3 -4.9 96 0.6 -4.6 145 29 318.9 319.9 292.9 334.5 4.83 11 500 5787 -8.8 -10.8 85 2.0 -9.6 144 28 322.4 323.0 292.7 333.5 3.37 12 450 6597 -13.7 -22.1 49 8.4 -16.2 147 29 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.1 1.44 13 400 7479 -20.6 -33.5 30 12.9 -23.0 157 29 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.56 14 350 8452 -28.1 -38.1 38 10.0 -29.5 157 31 330.9 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.41 15 300 9538 -37.0 -47.7 32 10.7 -37.9 159 33 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.17 16 250 10769 -48.1 -59.0 27 11.0 -48.4 168 28 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12203 -56.6 -66.3 28 9.7 -56.8 163 19 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14052 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 198 15 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 227 8 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.41 m Freezing level: 618.86 mb = 4109.61 m = 13482.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.59 mb = 3914.80 m = 12843.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.20 mb = 1014.66 m = 3328.89 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1447.23 m = 4748.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 913.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.38 mb = 1352.81 m = 4438.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.38 mb = 1602.63 m = 5257.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.38 mb = 11637.70 m = 38180.98 ft B at Equ Level: 912.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.38 mb = 13702.68 m = 44955.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.5 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 173.5 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 57.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 16.05 Bulk Shear: 56.94 m/s