MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.61,-110.94 Latitude: 53.61 Longitude: -110.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 519 SFC 938 633 20.1 18.7 92 1.4 19.1 158 4 298.7 301.3 294.6 341.1 14.60 3 900 990 22.4 13.5 57 8.9 16.5 154 23 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.1 10.88 4 850 1484 17.7 12.2 70 5.5 14.1 148 22 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.57 5 800 1999 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.7 142 22 304.8 306.7 293.3 335.8 10.36 6 750 2538 9.0 7.2 89 1.7 7.9 134 25 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.1 8.53 7 700 3107 5.6 3.7 88 1.9 4.5 134 25 308.7 310.1 291.9 330.7 7.17 8 650 3709 1.9 0.7 92 1.2 1.3 139 21 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.4 6.21 9 600 4352 -1.5 -3.0 90 1.5 -2.2 144 19 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.7 5.13 10 550 5041 -5.2 -6.5 91 1.3 -5.8 145 22 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.7 4.27 11 500 5783 -9.8 -13.2 76 3.4 -11.1 148 19 321.1 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.77 12 450 6589 -14.9 -26.3 37 11.4 -17.7 146 28 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 0.99 13 400 7469 -20.3 -45.3 9 25.1 -23.6 142 41 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 14 350 8440 -28.4 -44.8 19 16.4 -30.2 146 34 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.20 15 300 9524 -37.7 -49.2 29 11.5 -38.5 144 25 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.14 16 250 10751 -48.4 -56.3 39 7.9 -48.7 144 22 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12185 -55.6 -65.2 29 9.6 -55.8 154 19 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14045 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 218 13 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16660 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 238 9 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.04 m Freezing level: 621.62 mb = 4073.83 m = 13365.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.92 mb = 3935.76 m = 12912.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.84 mb = 809.42 m = 2655.55 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.95 mb = 2062.10 m = 6765.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 611.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.13 mb = 1891.77 m = 6206.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.13 mb = 2262.40 m = 7422.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.13 mb = 11145.39 m = 36565.79 ft B at Equ Level: 610.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.13 mb = 13423.60 m = 44040.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.1 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 173.1 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -16.2 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 100.21 Bulk Shear: 6.10 m/s