MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 99 1 950 547 SFC 906 969 24.3 15.6 58 8.8 18.4 297 0 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.2 12.37 3 900 1023 24.3 13.8 52 10.5 17.3 48 1 306.6 308.6 294.3 339.9 11.09 4 850 1520 19.9 11.7 59 8.2 14.6 288 4 307.0 308.9 293.8 337.9 10.23 5 800 2039 15.2 10.4 73 4.8 12.1 285 10 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.4 9.95 6 750 2582 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.5 282 12 307.6 309.4 293.6 336.9 9.68 7 700 3153 6.4 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 292 13 309.6 311.1 293.1 335.1 8.32 8 650 3757 2.6 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 307 12 311.9 313.2 292.5 333.0 6.78 9 600 4401 -1.5 -2.2 94 0.8 -1.9 309 11 314.4 315.5 292.2 331.5 5.41 10 550 5090 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.4 305 11 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.8 4.58 11 500 5833 -9.3 -9.6 97 0.3 -9.4 312 10 321.8 322.5 292.8 333.9 3.70 12 450 6640 -15.1 -15.9 94 0.8 -15.3 300 9 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.7 2.47 13 400 7520 -20.9 -24.9 71 3.9 -21.9 305 6 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.3 1.27 14 350 8492 -28.2 -34.2 57 6.0 -29.2 51 2 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.60 15 300 9576 -37.5 -43.7 52 6.2 -38.0 79 7 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.27 16 250 10807 -48.0 -52.0 63 4.0 -48.2 134 11 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12253 -51.9 -69.2 11 17.3 -52.2 106 5 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14124 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 277 6 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16717 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 327 6 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.53 m Freezing level: 617.97 mb = 4169.41 m = 13678.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.62 mb = 4103.20 m = 13461.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.46 mb = 2076.26 m = 6811.81 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.62 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.39 mb = 2577.40 m = 8455.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 40.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.67 mb = 2496.18 m = 8189.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.67 mb = 2775.16 m = 9104.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.67 mb = 11272.31 m = 36982.20 ft B at Equ Level: 645.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.67 mb = 13208.31 m = 43333.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.9 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 329.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 83.32 Bulk Shear: 7.93 m/s