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,-111.83 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -111.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 531 SFC 933 691 21.4 19.1 86 2.4 19.8 244 10 300.5 303.2 295.4 344.6 15.04 3 900 1001 20.0 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 270 16 302.1 304.7 294.8 342.3 13.60 4 850 1493 18.0 14.0 78 3.9 15.4 172 3 305.0 307.2 294.5 340.6 11.93 5 800 2010 14.2 11.1 82 3.0 12.2 124 11 306.2 308.2 293.7 337.7 10.46 6 750 2551 9.6 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 121 13 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.6 9.81 7 700 3122 5.9 5.7 99 0.2 5.8 118 16 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.3 8.26 8 650 3725 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 129 18 311.1 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.60 9 600 4367 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 145 18 314.0 315.0 292.0 331.1 5.41 10 550 5056 -4.7 -4.9 98 0.3 -4.8 152 18 318.6 319.5 292.8 334.1 4.82 11 500 5800 -9.3 -11.2 86 1.9 -10.1 155 20 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.5 3.25 12 450 6607 -14.6 -21.2 57 6.6 -16.5 162 23 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.4 1.57 13 400 7488 -20.4 -32.6 33 12.2 -22.8 165 24 328.4 328.6 291.9 330.7 0.62 14 350 8461 -27.9 -38.5 36 10.6 -29.3 170 27 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.39 15 300 9546 -37.5 -46.6 38 9.1 -38.2 176 25 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.19 16 250 10774 -48.5 -55.1 46 6.6 -48.7 185 22 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12207 -56.4 -65.7 30 9.3 -56.6 184 24 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14060 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 209 19 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 212 8 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.81 m Freezing level: 624.51 mb = 4052.18 m = 13294.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.08 mb = 4012.79 m = 13165.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.17 mb = 989.54 m = 3246.47 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1954.06 m = 6410.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 41.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1281.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.95 mb = 1594.77 m = 5232.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.95 mb = 2276.84 m = 7469.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.95 mb = 12049.87 m = 39533.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.95 mb = 14280.30 m = 46850.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 176.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -12.0 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 17.29 Bulk Shear: 74.09 m/s