MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 113 1 950 560 SFC 906 969 20.3 16.3 78 4.0 17.6 299 8 301.8 304.2 294.3 340.1 12.98 3 900 1030 20.2 15.7 75 4.5 17.2 307 12 302.3 304.6 294.2 339.4 12.56 4 850 1521 16.7 13.2 80 3.5 14.4 323 18 303.6 305.7 293.6 337.2 11.29 5 800 2036 13.9 10.3 79 3.5 11.6 328 13 305.9 307.8 293.3 335.7 9.91 6 750 2578 10.3 7.4 82 2.9 8.5 320 12 307.7 309.3 292.8 334.0 8.65 7 700 3149 6.4 4.1 85 2.3 5.1 304 12 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.2 7.37 8 650 3753 2.1 0.5 89 1.6 1.2 294 12 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.2 6.10 9 600 4395 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 284 13 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.0 5.28 10 550 5085 -4.8 -5.9 92 1.0 -5.3 278 14 318.4 319.2 292.5 332.9 4.50 11 500 5828 -9.9 -11.2 90 1.3 -10.4 276 12 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.7 3.26 12 450 6633 -14.6 -17.7 77 3.2 -15.6 298 7 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.1 2.11 13 400 7515 -20.7 -23.5 78 2.8 -21.4 342 7 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.1 1.43 14 350 8487 -28.2 -31.5 73 3.3 -28.8 1 8 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.5 0.78 15 300 9572 -37.5 -41.5 66 4.0 -37.9 47 8 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 16 250 10800 -48.2 -52.6 60 4.5 -48.3 80 12 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12245 -52.2 -68.2 13 16.0 -52.5 107 9 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14114 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 250 4 381.2 381.2 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16708 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 314 3 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.67 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 4117.21 m = 13507.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 3980.20 m = 13058.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.44 mb = 1476.64 m = 4844.55 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2330.25 m = 7645.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.76 mb = 1943.81 m = 6377.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.76 mb = 2987.69 m = 9802.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.76 mb = 11235.00 m = 36859.78 ft B at Equ Level: 529.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.76 mb = 12794.95 m = 41977.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.0 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 329.0 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -7.2 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 266.05 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s