MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 48.51,-110.75 Latitude: 48.51 Longitude: -110.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 566 SFC 907 969 22.0 16.8 72 5.2 18.4 272 2 303.5 306.0 295.1 343.3 13.38 3 900 1037 20.9 16.4 75 4.5 17.8 289 2 303.0 305.5 294.8 341.9 13.11 4 850 1530 18.1 13.1 73 5.0 14.8 45 2 305.1 307.2 294.0 338.7 11.22 5 800 2047 14.1 10.9 81 3.3 12.1 89 1 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.2 10.28 6 750 2588 9.4 8.0 90 1.5 8.5 242 2 306.8 308.5 292.8 334.0 8.98 7 700 3157 5.6 4.3 92 1.2 4.9 250 4 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.6 7.49 8 650 3759 1.7 0.8 93 0.9 1.2 253 7 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.2 6.24 9 600 4401 -2.1 -2.9 94 0.8 -2.5 247 9 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.0 5.16 10 550 5088 -5.9 -6.6 95 0.7 -6.2 241 10 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.7 4.23 11 500 5830 -9.8 -12.6 80 2.9 -10.9 240 11 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.7 2.90 12 450 6634 -15.3 -21.5 59 6.3 -17.0 246 9 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.3 1.52 13 400 7514 -21.0 -26.0 64 5.0 -22.2 232 5 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.8 1.15 14 350 8485 -28.5 -36.2 47 7.8 -29.6 183 6 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.49 15 300 9569 -37.4 -41.5 66 4.0 -37.8 121 5 332.6 332.7 292.8 333.9 0.34 16 250 10800 -47.5 -51.7 62 4.3 -47.7 90 17 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 17 200 12246 -52.5 -71.7 8 19.1 -52.9 168 2 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14114 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 308 6 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16707 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 347 6 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.62 m Freezing level: 627.37 mb = 4049.43 m = 13285.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.86 mb = 3960.69 m = 12994.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.96 mb = 1631.34 m = 5352.11 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2251.71 m = 7387.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.79 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 39.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.44 mb = 2041.94 m = 6699.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.44 mb = 2416.80 m = 7929.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.44 mb = 11188.70 m = 36707.88 ft B at Equ Level: 914.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.44 mb = 13477.97 m = 44218.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 157.23 Bulk Shear: 5.84 m/s