MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.50,-110.34 Latitude: 53.50 Longitude: -110.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 556 SFC 943 616 24.6 16.9 62 7.7 19.4 144 4 302.8 305.1 294.6 341.1 12.97 3 900 1029 23.1 11.8 49 11.4 15.8 162 10 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.4 9.68 4 850 1523 18.9 9.8 55 9.1 13.2 152 10 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.0 8.98 5 800 2040 14.0 8.5 69 5.5 10.7 142 10 306.1 307.8 292.4 332.6 8.77 6 750 2580 9.2 7.3 88 1.8 8.0 137 10 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.60 7 700 3148 4.6 0.2 73 4.4 2.3 127 11 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.7 5.56 8 650 3747 1.8 -12.3 34 14.1 -3.8 122 13 311.0 311.4 288.2 318.4 2.28 9 600 4390 -0.3 -22.3 17 22.0 -7.2 117 13 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.4 1.07 10 550 5080 -4.6 -30.7 11 26.1 -11.1 114 10 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.54 11 500 5822 -9.8 -31.2 16 21.3 -14.7 119 9 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.57 12 450 6625 -15.4 -32.1 23 16.6 -18.9 111 8 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.58 13 400 7504 -20.8 -44.0 11 23.2 -23.9 129 7 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 14 350 8476 -28.0 -46.6 15 18.6 -29.9 159 10 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.17 15 300 9561 -37.8 -52.6 20 14.8 -38.7 178 10 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 16 250 10788 -48.7 -55.6 45 6.8 -49.0 159 6 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.08 17 200 12216 -56.9 -63.3 44 6.4 -57.0 208 4 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14059 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 277 9 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 294 6 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.13 m Freezing level: 606.81 mb = 4302.65 m = 14116.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.09 mb = 3369.31 m = 11054.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.18 mb = 1592.03 m = 5223.14 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.93 mb = 2503.12 m = 8212.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.86 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.68 mb = 2330.69 m = 7646.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.68 mb = 2716.37 m = 8911.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 597.68 mb = 4420.92 m = 14504.15 ft B at Equ Level: 72.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.68 mb = 12622.81 m = 41412.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 158.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -4.1 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 69.81 Bulk Shear: 3.77 m/s