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: 52.90,-110.44 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -110.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 937 652 20.9 19.1 89 1.8 19.6 248 7 299.6 302.3 295.1 343.4 15.00 3 900 999 20.9 15.7 72 5.2 17.4 228 10 303.0 305.4 294.4 340.4 12.59 4 850 1493 18.8 11.2 61 7.6 13.9 158 18 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.5 9.86 5 800 2010 13.9 9.9 77 4.0 11.4 155 18 305.9 307.7 293.0 334.8 9.61 6 750 2550 8.8 8.0 95 0.8 8.3 150 19 306.2 307.8 292.6 333.4 9.03 7 700 3118 5.5 3.2 85 2.4 4.2 140 19 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.7 6.88 8 650 3721 2.1 -1.5 77 3.6 0.3 146 17 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.27 9 600 4363 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 162 17 314.5 315.4 291.4 328.9 4.51 10 550 5051 -5.3 -9.6 72 4.3 -7.1 163 14 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.7 3.35 11 500 5794 -9.1 -40.8 6 31.7 -14.9 145 18 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 12 450 6601 -14.0 -48.8 3 34.8 -18.8 144 22 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.10 13 400 7484 -19.8 -49.5 5 29.7 -23.4 155 23 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.10 14 350 8458 -28.1 -51.0 9 22.9 -30.2 158 24 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 15 300 9543 -37.5 -55.2 14 17.7 -38.5 160 22 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 16 250 10771 -48.5 -55.8 42 7.3 -48.7 181 15 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12201 -57.4 -64.5 40 7.0 -57.5 183 14 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 14049 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 224 14 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16660 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 228 8 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.43 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4105.08 m = 13467.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.06 mb = 3769.73 m = 12367.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.51 mb = 879.64 m = 2885.91 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.72 mb = 2107.38 m = 6913.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.53 mb = 1814.67 m = 5953.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.53 mb = 2291.32 m = 7517.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.53 mb = 11781.47 m = 38652.66 ft B at Equ Level: 778.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.53 mb = 13494.40 m = 44272.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 183.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -35.5 tot: -35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.07 Bulk Shear: 39.20 m/s