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: 53.10,-111.07 Latitude: 53.10 Longitude: -111.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 530 SFC 934 680 21.2 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 259 4 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.7 15.18 3 900 998 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.4 254 4 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.62 4 850 1487 15.6 13.9 89 1.7 14.5 148 9 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.6 11.83 5 800 1999 11.9 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 134 14 303.8 305.7 292.6 333.3 9.87 6 750 2538 8.9 6.5 85 2.5 7.5 135 21 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.7 8.10 7 700 3107 5.8 3.5 85 2.3 4.5 138 24 308.9 310.3 291.9 330.6 7.06 8 650 3710 2.2 0.0 85 2.2 1.1 141 24 311.5 312.6 291.7 329.9 5.92 9 600 4352 -1.6 -4.0 84 2.4 -2.8 146 25 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.3 4.74 10 550 5042 -4.3 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 148 28 318.9 319.9 293.0 334.7 4.89 11 500 5787 -9.0 -10.4 90 1.4 -9.6 145 30 322.1 322.7 292.7 333.6 3.48 12 450 6596 -13.8 -20.8 55 7.0 -15.9 151 30 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.5 1.62 13 400 7478 -20.2 -34.8 26 14.6 -22.8 155 31 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.50 14 350 8452 -28.0 -35.5 49 7.5 -29.2 157 32 331.0 331.1 292.5 333.0 0.53 15 300 9538 -37.0 -47.3 34 10.3 -37.8 159 33 333.2 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.18 16 250 10769 -47.9 -57.4 32 9.6 -48.2 171 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12203 -57.0 -65.2 35 8.1 -57.2 169 19 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.03 18 150 14051 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 197 15 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 228 9 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.18 m Freezing level: 621.00 mb = 4082.44 m = 13393.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.11 mb = 3883.25 m = 12740.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.03 mb = 931.12 m = 3054.81 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.40 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.00 mb = 1527.08 m = 5010.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.60 C = 74.49 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.90 mb = 1358.33 m = 4456.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.90 mb = 1709.71 m = 5609.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.90 mb = 11651.90 m = 38227.56 ft B at Equ Level: 814.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.90 mb = 13720.71 m = 45014.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 174.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 72.37 m/s