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: 52.25,-110.67 Latitude: 52.25 Longitude: -110.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 535 SFC 931 710 19.2 18.7 97 0.6 18.9 310 6 298.5 301.1 294.6 341.2 14.72 3 900 1000 17.6 16.7 94 0.9 17.0 325 11 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.42 4 850 1490 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.4 149 15 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.87 5 800 2006 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.7 148 19 305.7 307.6 293.3 335.8 10.02 6 750 2546 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.6 145 20 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.3 9.35 7 700 3115 5.4 4.8 96 0.6 5.1 144 24 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.2 7.75 8 650 3717 2.1 0.7 91 1.4 1.4 147 20 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.6 6.21 9 600 4360 -1.4 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.4 149 19 314.5 315.5 291.7 330.0 4.88 10 550 5049 -5.4 -6.3 93 0.9 -5.8 151 17 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.33 11 500 5790 -9.8 -16.6 58 6.8 -12.1 141 17 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.10 12 450 6596 -14.5 -41.7 8 27.2 -19.0 151 19 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.22 13 400 7478 -20.0 -49.6 5 29.7 -23.5 149 27 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.10 14 350 8453 -27.9 -50.6 10 22.7 -30.0 154 26 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.5 0.11 15 300 9538 -37.4 -49.1 29 11.7 -38.2 161 19 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10768 -48.2 -51.7 67 3.4 -48.4 200 15 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12198 -57.2 -63.5 45 6.3 -57.3 175 15 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14051 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.5 -51.5 222 15 382.3 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16661 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 229 8 419.5 419.5 307.6 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.57 m Freezing level: 619.83 mb = 4105.07 m = 13467.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.05 mb = 3942.21 m = 12933.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.37 mb = 779.69 m = 2558.00 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 1993.77 m = 6541.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.43 mb = 1526.18 m = 5007.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.43 mb = 2310.40 m = 7579.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.43 mb = 11545.83 m = 37879.57 ft B at Equ Level: 706.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.43 mb = 13578.32 m = 44547.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.1 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 177.1 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -87.7 tot: -75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.01 Bulk Shear: 101.62 m/s