MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 112 1 950 559 SFC 907 969 26.1 14.9 50 11.2 18.5 157 0 307.7 310.0 295.1 343.5 11.84 3 900 1035 24.1 14.0 53 10.1 17.4 169 1 306.4 308.5 294.4 340.2 11.25 4 850 1531 19.0 12.8 68 6.1 15.0 201 1 306.0 308.1 294.1 339.2 11.03 5 800 2048 13.9 11.6 86 2.3 12.4 217 2 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.5 10.81 6 750 2588 9.1 8.1 93 1.0 8.5 240 6 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.9 9.07 7 700 3157 5.5 3.5 86 2.1 4.4 255 8 308.6 309.9 291.7 330.1 7.03 8 650 3759 1.9 -0.6 83 2.5 0.7 264 7 311.2 312.2 291.4 328.8 5.65 9 600 4401 -1.8 -4.4 83 2.6 -3.0 256 8 314.0 314.9 291.3 328.7 4.61 10 550 5089 -5.4 -7.9 83 2.5 -6.5 251 10 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.2 3.85 11 500 5831 -9.9 -14.3 71 4.3 -11.5 251 8 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.4 2.53 12 450 6636 -15.0 -21.1 59 6.2 -16.7 248 6 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.9 1.57 13 400 7515 -21.4 -27.5 58 6.1 -22.7 211 3 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.8 1.00 14 350 8485 -28.5 -39.2 35 10.7 -29.9 139 4 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.37 15 300 9569 -37.4 -41.7 64 4.3 -37.8 107 7 332.7 332.8 292.8 333.9 0.33 16 250 10800 -47.5 -52.4 57 4.9 -47.7 105 18 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12247 -52.5 -70.8 9 18.3 -52.9 127 4 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14115 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 262 5 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16707 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 286 4 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.15 m Freezing level: 624.05 mb = 4092.38 m = 13426.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3871.15 m = 12700.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.96 mb = 2368.18 m = 7769.51 ft T: 11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.02 mb = 2324.13 m = 7624.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.40 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 39.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 894.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.27 mb = 2310.64 m = 7580.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.27 mb = 2364.84 m = 7758.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.27 mb = 11332.74 m = 37180.45 ft B at Equ Level: 879.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.27 mb = 13685.11 m = 44898.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 183.54 Bulk Shear: 4.87 m/s