MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 121 1 950 564 SFC 907 969 18.1 16.4 90 1.7 17.0 281 4 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.01 3 900 1033 19.1 15.7 80 3.5 16.8 295 7 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.1 12.53 4 850 1525 17.4 11.9 70 5.5 13.9 311 15 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.37 5 800 2040 13.1 10.0 81 3.1 11.2 306 12 305.1 306.9 292.8 334.1 9.66 6 750 2579 9.2 6.7 84 2.5 7.8 295 11 306.6 308.1 292.2 331.6 8.25 7 700 3148 5.5 3.5 87 2.0 4.4 295 10 308.5 309.9 291.7 330.2 7.05 8 650 3750 1.8 0.1 88 1.7 0.9 303 9 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.5 5.94 9 600 4392 -1.3 -3.8 83 2.5 -2.5 303 11 314.6 315.5 291.7 329.9 4.82 10 550 5082 -4.8 -9.7 69 4.9 -6.9 290 13 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.3 3.33 11 500 5826 -9.5 -15.5 62 5.9 -11.6 273 12 321.4 321.9 291.5 329.1 2.29 12 450 6630 -14.9 -20.7 61 5.8 -16.6 255 9 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.1 1.64 13 400 7511 -20.9 -24.4 73 3.5 -21.7 239 3 327.9 328.1 292.4 332.6 1.33 14 350 8483 -28.4 -31.9 72 3.5 -29.0 47 4 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.2 0.76 15 300 9567 -37.6 -44.3 50 6.7 -38.2 112 10 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.25 16 250 10796 -47.9 -55.3 42 7.4 -48.2 105 16 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12239 -52.6 -66.8 16 14.2 -52.9 127 8 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14110 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 282 6 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16701 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 9 3 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.96 m Freezing level: 620.95 mb = 4123.25 m = 13527.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3915.09 m = 12844.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.22 mb = 1185.34 m = 3888.86 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2286.04 m = 7500.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.55 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.53 mb = 2012.69 m = 6603.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.53 mb = 2717.34 m = 8915.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.53 mb = 10860.46 m = 35630.98 ft B at Equ Level: 320.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.53 mb = 12319.87 m = 40419.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -7.4 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 440.50 Bulk Shear: 0.74 m/s