MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 49.42,-104.04 Latitude: 49.42 Longitude: -104.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 553 SFC 942 625 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 123 7 299.9 302.4 294.0 338.9 13.32 3 900 1024 20.5 15.9 75 4.6 17.4 142 16 302.7 305.0 294.4 340.4 12.73 4 850 1516 17.2 13.5 79 3.8 14.8 175 7 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.5 11.51 5 800 2031 14.1 3.5 49 10.6 8.2 67 4 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.9 6.15 6 750 2572 11.1 -3.2 37 14.2 4.0 28 8 308.6 309.4 289.1 321.2 4.04 7 700 3143 7.2 -10.6 27 17.7 -0.3 3 4 310.4 310.9 288.2 318.3 2.44 8 650 3748 4.3 -27.1 8 31.4 -4.8 317 8 313.8 313.9 287.4 316.0 0.64 9 600 4393 -0.6 -16.5 29 15.9 -6.3 308 12 315.5 315.8 289.2 321.3 1.76 10 550 5080 -5.7 -24.4 21 18.6 -11.0 289 12 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.6 0.97 11 500 5820 -10.4 -32.0 15 21.6 -15.2 275 14 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 12 450 6621 -16.8 -30.8 29 14.0 -19.7 277 16 322.1 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.65 13 400 7491 -23.9 -39.6 22 15.7 -26.1 281 19 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.31 14 350 8452 -30.8 -50.6 13 19.8 -32.4 287 23 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 15 300 9528 -39.3 -53.7 20 14.5 -40.1 300 26 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 16 250 10747 -48.9 -56.4 41 7.5 -49.1 284 28 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 17 200 12199 -50.6 -74.3 4 23.7 -51.0 272 23 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14076 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -50.0 248 19 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 182 4 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.98 m Freezing level: 605.93 mb = 4316.50 m = 14161.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.83 mb = 3097.74 m = 10163.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.44 mb = 1183.68 m = 3883.41 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 24.33 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2142.10 m = 7027.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 23.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1165.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.06 mb = 1656.26 m = 5433.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.06 mb = 3013.19 m = 9885.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.06 mb = 11259.69 m = 36940.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1153.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.06 mb = 13611.84 m = 44657.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.9 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 322.9 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -43.0 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 18.60 Bulk Shear: 62.66 m/s