MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 50.05,-111.46 Latitude: 50.05 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 522 SFC 924 765 29.3 14.0 39 15.3 19.0 99 11 309.4 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.94 3 900 1000 25.5 12.4 44 13.1 16.9 102 12 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.5 10.11 4 850 1499 20.5 11.4 56 9.2 14.6 109 12 307.7 309.5 293.8 337.9 9.98 5 800 2018 15.4 10.3 71 5.2 12.1 117 13 307.6 309.5 293.7 337.5 9.87 6 750 2561 10.4 7.6 82 2.9 8.7 148 12 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.5 8.74 7 700 3131 5.6 3.6 87 2.0 4.5 177 13 308.7 310.0 291.8 330.5 7.11 8 650 3733 0.9 -1.0 87 1.9 -0.0 193 13 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.1 5.49 9 600 4371 -3.2 -4.7 89 1.6 -3.9 207 16 312.5 313.3 290.7 326.6 4.49 10 550 5055 -7.6 -9.2 89 1.5 -8.3 210 22 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.2 3.48 11 500 5790 -12.4 -15.1 80 2.7 -13.3 206 22 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.8 2.36 12 450 6587 -17.4 -22.1 67 4.6 -18.7 207 28 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.3 1.45 13 400 7458 -23.7 -36.4 30 12.7 -25.6 203 26 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.43 14 350 8417 -32.0 -44.7 27 12.7 -33.2 203 21 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.20 15 300 9486 -40.5 -43.9 70 3.4 -40.8 226 29 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 16 250 10699 -51.4 -55.2 64 3.8 -51.6 235 43 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.09 17 200 12129 -53.1 -67.6 16 14.5 -53.4 226 34 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14006 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 198 34 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.01 19 100 16625 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 185 15 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.43 m Freezing level: 638.67 mb = 3877.37 m = 12720.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.43 mb = 3727.24 m = 12228.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.24 mb = 2680.48 m = 8794.12 ft T: 9.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2669.37 m = 8757.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 42.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.68 mb = 2653.29 m = 8704.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.68 mb = 2709.19 m = 8888.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.68 mb = 11615.92 m = 38109.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1541.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.68 mb = 14151.13 m = 46427.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 30.52 Bulk Shear: 51.47 m/s