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: 52.81,-111.73 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -111.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 531 SFC 933 687 21.9 19.1 84 2.9 19.9 235 9 301.0 303.7 295.6 345.2 15.04 3 900 1001 20.4 16.8 80 3.6 17.9 259 13 302.6 305.1 294.9 342.5 13.50 4 850 1494 18.3 13.7 75 4.6 15.3 156 6 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.2 11.67 5 800 2011 14.4 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 130 12 306.5 308.4 293.8 338.0 10.47 6 750 2553 9.5 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 126 13 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.4 9.79 7 700 3123 5.7 5.5 99 0.2 5.6 122 16 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.15 8 650 3725 1.9 1.3 96 0.5 1.6 132 17 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.2 6.50 9 600 4367 -1.9 -2.6 95 0.7 -2.3 149 18 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.6 5.26 10 550 5056 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 154 17 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.84 11 500 5800 -9.3 -12.8 75 3.5 -10.6 157 19 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.2 2.86 12 450 6607 -14.7 -25.2 40 10.5 -17.4 163 23 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.10 13 400 7487 -20.3 -40.3 15 20.0 -23.3 166 25 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.29 14 350 8460 -27.9 -42.9 23 14.9 -29.7 170 27 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.25 15 300 9545 -37.7 -49.2 29 11.5 -38.5 175 24 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.14 16 250 10772 -48.5 -56.0 41 7.5 -48.8 182 22 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12206 -56.3 -66.1 28 9.8 -56.5 184 23 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14059 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 210 19 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16668 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 213 8 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.91 m Freezing level: 625.10 mb = 4045.00 m = 13270.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.29 mb = 3985.07 m = 13074.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1052.46 m = 3452.91 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.12 mb = 2020.44 m = 6628.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 41.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1299.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.49 mb = 1661.46 m = 5450.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.49 mb = 2239.80 m = 7348.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.49 mb = 11938.77 m = 39168.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1297.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.49 mb = 14124.08 m = 46338.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.0 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 179.0 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -8.5 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 23.65 Bulk Shear: 54.96 m/s