MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.70,-111.47 Latitude: 52.70 Longitude: -111.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 534 SFC 934 681 21.4 19.4 88 2.0 20.0 233 10 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.3 15.34 3 900 1003 19.8 17.1 84 2.8 17.9 255 14 302.0 304.5 294.9 342.5 13.74 4 850 1496 18.3 13.6 74 4.7 15.2 159 8 305.3 307.5 294.3 340.0 11.59 5 800 2013 14.3 11.1 81 3.2 12.3 136 13 306.4 308.4 293.8 337.9 10.45 6 750 2554 9.5 9.1 97 0.4 9.3 130 14 306.9 308.8 293.4 336.3 9.74 7 700 3123 5.5 5.1 97 0.4 5.2 127 17 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.6 7.89 8 650 3726 2.0 1.1 94 0.9 1.5 136 17 311.3 312.5 292.0 331.1 6.40 9 600 4369 -1.5 -2.9 90 1.4 -2.2 152 17 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.6 5.15 10 550 5058 -4.6 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 159 16 318.6 319.5 292.8 334.0 4.79 11 500 5801 -9.2 -14.6 65 5.4 -11.2 159 17 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.1 2.46 12 450 6608 -14.6 -29.1 28 14.5 -18.0 164 21 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.6 0.77 13 400 7489 -20.2 -53.0 4 32.8 -23.8 166 24 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 14 350 8461 -28.1 -48.6 12 20.4 -30.2 167 25 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 15 300 9545 -37.9 -53.1 19 15.3 -38.8 170 24 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.09 16 250 10772 -48.6 -57.1 37 8.5 -48.8 176 22 333.8 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12207 -56.0 -66.1 27 10.1 -56.2 184 21 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14060 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 212 19 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16668 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 214 7 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.36 m Freezing level: 621.56 mb = 4091.61 m = 13423.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 3984.37 m = 13071.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.80 mb = 937.40 m = 3075.41 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.71 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.64 mb = 1984.51 m = 6510.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 40.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1304.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.24 mb = 1594.04 m = 5229.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.24 mb = 2276.24 m = 7467.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.24 mb = 12040.38 m = 39502.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1292.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.24 mb = 14267.41 m = 46808.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.6 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 182.6 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -12.5 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 25.07 Bulk Shear: 52.02 m/s