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: 52.90,-111.60 Latitude: 52.90 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 90 1 950 535 SFC 933 690 19.8 19.0 95 0.8 19.2 300 6 298.8 301.5 294.9 342.4 14.98 3 900 1000 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 305 10 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.31 4 850 1487 14.3 13.2 93 1.1 13.6 312 2 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.26 5 800 1998 11.6 10.4 92 1.2 10.9 136 8 303.5 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.94 6 750 2535 8.6 7.5 93 1.1 7.9 136 14 305.9 307.5 292.3 332.1 8.69 7 700 3104 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 4.9 140 17 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.61 8 650 3706 1.8 0.8 93 1.0 1.3 143 19 311.0 312.2 291.8 330.4 6.26 9 600 4347 -2.2 -2.8 96 0.6 -2.5 145 21 313.5 314.5 291.7 329.9 5.19 10 550 5036 -4.8 -5.3 96 0.5 -5.0 144 28 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.5 4.68 11 500 5781 -8.6 -9.3 95 0.7 -8.9 144 31 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.0 3.79 12 450 6591 -13.8 -14.9 91 1.1 -14.2 146 31 325.9 326.5 293.1 335.0 2.68 13 400 7474 -20.4 -22.7 82 2.3 -21.0 152 29 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.9 1.55 14 350 8447 -28.2 -31.7 72 3.5 -28.8 152 27 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.77 15 300 9534 -36.9 -41.8 60 4.9 -37.4 153 27 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.6 0.32 16 250 10765 -48.0 -54.3 48 6.3 -48.3 160 22 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.10 17 200 12198 -56.9 -64.7 36 7.8 -57.0 163 22 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14050 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 194 17 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 222 9 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.93 m Freezing level: 627.82 mb = 3990.72 m = 13092.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3914.46 m = 12842.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.57 mb = 787.37 m = 2583.19 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1299.21 m = 4262.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 35.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.58 mb = 1253.93 m = 4113.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.58 mb = 1500.85 m = 4924.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.58 mb = 11065.14 m = 36302.51 ft B at Equ Level: 408.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.58 mb = 12927.28 m = 42411.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 174.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -20.1 tot: 48.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 97.56 m/s