MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.10,-110.24 Latitude: 52.10 Longitude: -110.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 530 SFC 931 709 21.1 19.3 89 1.8 19.8 304 4 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.2 15.29 3 900 1000 20.3 15.7 74 4.7 17.2 240 1 302.5 304.8 294.2 339.5 12.53 4 850 1493 18.5 11.6 64 6.9 14.0 150 18 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.14 5 800 2009 13.5 10.4 81 3.2 11.5 148 18 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.4 9.92 6 750 2549 8.6 8.4 99 0.2 8.5 143 19 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.9 9.29 7 700 3117 5.3 3.8 90 1.5 4.4 137 21 308.3 309.7 291.8 330.3 7.19 8 650 3719 2.1 -0.4 84 2.5 0.8 140 16 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.2 5.73 9 600 4362 -1.2 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.3 146 20 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.0 4.13 10 550 5050 -5.6 -9.0 77 3.4 -7.1 146 15 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.8 3.51 11 500 5793 -9.5 -24.0 30 14.5 -13.6 141 18 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.3 1.10 12 450 6598 -14.4 -43.6 6 29.2 -19.0 147 20 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.18 13 400 7480 -19.8 -48.1 6 28.3 -23.3 147 27 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.12 14 350 8455 -28.0 -50.3 10 22.3 -30.0 151 25 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 15 300 9540 -37.5 -52.4 20 14.9 -38.5 156 19 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 16 250 10770 -48.2 -51.7 67 3.5 -48.3 207 11 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12201 -57.0 -63.8 42 6.8 -57.2 177 13 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.04 18 150 14054 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 226 14 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16663 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 233 7 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.05 m Freezing level: 617.92 mb = 4131.40 m = 13554.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.47 mb = 3837.63 m = 12590.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.36 mb = 938.57 m = 3079.27 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.23 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.07 mb = 2081.82 m = 6830.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 743.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.97 mb = 1830.40 m = 6005.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.97 mb = 2307.27 m = 7569.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.97 mb = 11532.80 m = 37836.81 ft B at Equ Level: 739.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.97 mb = 13559.88 m = 44487.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 174.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -27.4 tot: -23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.62 Bulk Shear: 39.95 m/s