MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 102 1 950 551 SFC 906 969 26.3 13.9 47 12.3 18.0 235 3 308.0 310.1 294.7 341.7 11.12 3 900 1028 25.0 13.0 47 12.0 17.1 232 2 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.2 10.54 4 850 1526 20.0 11.7 59 8.2 14.6 235 3 307.1 309.0 293.8 338.0 10.24 5 800 2044 15.0 10.8 76 4.2 12.3 236 4 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.0 10.23 6 750 2587 9.7 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 240 5 307.1 309.0 293.6 337.0 9.88 7 700 3156 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 276 9 308.6 310.1 292.2 331.8 7.57 8 650 3759 2.0 0.3 88 1.7 1.1 294 9 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.0 6.03 9 600 4401 -1.6 -3.7 86 2.1 -2.7 290 8 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.6 4.84 10 550 5090 -5.3 -6.6 90 1.3 -5.9 290 9 317.8 318.6 292.1 331.4 4.24 11 500 5833 -9.3 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.8 295 9 321.7 322.3 292.6 333.1 3.46 12 450 6640 -14.6 -17.6 78 3.0 -15.6 274 7 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.2 2.13 13 400 7520 -21.1 -26.6 61 5.5 -22.4 249 3 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.4 1.08 14 350 8491 -28.3 -37.9 39 9.6 -29.6 116 4 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.42 15 300 9575 -37.4 -43.0 56 5.6 -37.9 103 7 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 16 250 10805 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 132 15 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12251 -52.5 -70.0 10 17.5 -52.8 111 7 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14120 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 260 6 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16712 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 322 6 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.05 m Freezing level: 622.39 mb = 4113.66 m = 13496.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.13 mb = 3944.77 m = 12942.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.34 mb = 2515.96 m = 8254.38 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2549.56 m = 8364.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.87 mb = 2554.60 m = 8381.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.87 mb = 2610.16 m = 8563.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.87 mb = 11127.44 m = 36506.90 ft B at Equ Level: 679.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.87 mb = 13012.91 m = 42692.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 163.78 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s