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: 53.47,-110.50 Latitude: 53.47 Longitude: -110.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 530 SFC 940 625 22.5 18.0 75 4.6 19.4 184 6 301.0 303.6 294.8 341.9 13.93 3 900 999 20.2 13.0 63 7.2 15.5 155 13 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.4 10.50 4 850 1491 17.2 10.8 66 6.3 13.1 135 19 304.1 305.9 292.5 332.9 9.64 5 800 2005 13.3 8.7 74 4.6 10.5 135 23 305.4 307.0 292.3 332.0 8.86 6 750 2545 9.7 5.4 75 4.3 7.2 137 24 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.0 7.54 7 700 3114 5.8 2.7 80 3.1 4.1 139 24 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.5 6.67 8 650 3718 1.9 0.2 88 1.8 1.0 143 26 311.2 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.97 9 600 4359 -1.5 -2.9 90 1.4 -2.2 149 28 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.7 5.15 10 550 5049 -4.7 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.8 152 27 318.5 319.4 292.8 334.0 4.80 11 500 5795 -8.6 -10.9 83 2.4 -9.5 152 27 322.6 323.3 292.7 333.6 3.32 12 450 6604 -13.8 -15.8 84 2.1 -14.5 153 31 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.4 2.48 13 400 7487 -20.5 -24.6 70 4.1 -21.5 155 34 328.3 328.6 292.5 332.9 1.30 14 350 8460 -28.0 -46.4 16 18.4 -29.9 158 35 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 15 300 9546 -37.2 -52.5 19 15.2 -38.2 160 34 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.10 16 250 10776 -48.0 -54.9 45 6.8 -48.3 181 24 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12208 -57.2 -65.8 33 8.6 -57.3 174 17 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 14052 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 204 14 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16660 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 238 8 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.83 m Freezing level: 621.75 mb = 4080.04 m = 13385.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.24 mb = 3914.29 m = 12842.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.80 mb = 1204.18 m = 3950.66 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2344.76 m = 7692.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.97 mb = 1899.81 m = 6232.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.97 mb = 3056.05 m = 10026.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.97 mb = 5413.62 m = 17761.01 ft B at Equ Level: 64.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.97 mb = 11453.21 m = 37575.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.9 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 175.9 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 27.12 m/s