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: 53.58,-111.60 Latitude: 53.58 Longitude: -111.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 553 SFC 939 654 24.7 17.6 65 7.1 19.8 58 1 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.6 13.62 3 900 1025 23.2 12.2 50 11.0 16.0 158 9 305.4 307.2 293.1 335.2 9.94 4 850 1520 19.1 9.8 55 9.3 13.3 153 11 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.99 5 800 2037 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.6 152 11 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.2 8.56 6 750 2577 9.2 5.2 76 4.0 6.9 152 12 306.6 308.0 291.5 329.1 7.42 7 700 3145 4.8 -3.8 54 8.6 0.7 148 13 307.8 308.6 288.9 320.6 4.12 8 650 3745 2.5 -18.0 20 20.5 -4.6 141 12 311.8 312.0 287.6 316.5 1.43 9 600 4388 -0.6 -27.7 11 27.1 -8.0 132 10 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.8 0.66 10 550 5077 -4.7 -31.8 10 27.1 -11.2 140 11 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.2 0.48 11 500 5818 -9.8 -33.0 13 23.2 -14.9 137 13 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.47 12 450 6622 -15.5 -33.0 21 17.5 -19.0 138 11 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.53 13 400 7500 -21.2 -43.9 11 22.6 -24.2 148 11 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.20 14 350 8471 -28.0 -55.0 6 27.1 -30.2 170 12 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.06 15 300 9556 -37.7 -53.2 18 15.6 -38.6 177 16 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 16 250 10784 -48.5 -58.4 31 9.8 -48.8 162 14 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 17 200 12212 -56.8 -65.1 35 8.2 -57.0 185 10 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14056 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 245 10 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 276 6 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.46 m Freezing level: 609.24 mb = 4268.97 m = 14005.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.74 mb = 3217.51 m = 10556.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.61 mb = 1554.21 m = 5099.05 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 27.15 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.30 mb = 2485.28 m = 8153.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.05 mb = 2334.76 m = 7659.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.05 mb = 2609.85 m = 8562.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.05 mb = 11124.25 m = 36496.46 ft B at Equ Level: 362.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.05 mb = 12993.48 m = 42629.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.7 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 173.7 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 102.23 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s