MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.27,-110.34 Latitude: 53.27 Longitude: -110.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 531 SFC 936 656 18.7 17.4 92 1.4 17.8 221 4 297.4 299.9 293.4 336.3 13.43 3 900 998 20.3 15.6 74 4.7 17.1 197 4 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.3 12.45 4 850 1491 18.1 11.5 65 6.6 13.9 166 20 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.4 10.10 5 800 2007 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 166 22 305.6 307.4 292.8 334.1 9.47 6 750 2547 9.0 8.4 96 0.6 8.6 164 21 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.27 7 700 3114 4.4 0.4 75 4.0 2.3 150 18 307.4 308.4 290.2 324.6 5.63 8 650 3715 2.9 -17.5 21 20.4 -4.3 152 22 312.3 312.6 287.8 317.2 1.49 9 600 4359 -0.8 -22.4 18 21.6 -7.5 161 24 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.8 1.05 10 550 5045 -6.0 -26.5 18 20.6 -11.5 169 22 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.8 0.79 11 500 5788 -9.1 -41.6 5 32.6 -14.9 155 25 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.20 12 450 6594 -14.2 -43.3 7 29.1 -18.8 151 30 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.18 13 400 7476 -20.3 -41.7 13 21.4 -23.4 152 31 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.25 14 350 8449 -28.5 -44.5 20 16.0 -30.3 153 27 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.21 15 300 9532 -38.0 -53.2 19 15.3 -38.9 152 23 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 16 250 10758 -48.7 -55.5 45 6.9 -48.9 162 12 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 17 200 12187 -57.5 -64.5 41 7.0 -57.6 167 15 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14042 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 206 14 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16655 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 233 8 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.84 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4222.70 m = 13853.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.52 mb = 3319.14 m = 10889.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 830.99 m = 2726.30 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 17.05 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2122.12 m = 6962.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.91 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 555.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.77 mb = 1747.48 m = 5733.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.77 mb = 2438.54 m = 8000.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.77 mb = 11298.58 m = 37068.38 ft B at Equ Level: 555.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.77 mb = 13243.56 m = 43449.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 189.7 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -15.8 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13.50 Bulk Shear: 41.16 m/s