MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.53,-110.31 Latitude: 53.53 Longitude: -110.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 525 SFC 941 609 20.0 17.6 86 2.4 18.4 163 5 298.3 300.8 293.7 337.7 13.57 3 900 993 19.3 15.0 76 4.3 16.5 179 15 301.4 303.7 293.6 336.9 12.02 4 850 1484 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.4 154 22 303.0 305.2 293.6 337.0 11.46 5 800 1996 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 142 26 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.4 10.42 6 750 2535 8.0 7.1 94 1.0 7.5 138 24 305.3 306.8 291.9 330.7 8.45 7 700 3101 4.6 0.5 75 4.1 2.4 140 17 307.6 308.6 290.3 325.0 5.67 8 650 3701 2.1 -8.6 45 10.7 -2.5 138 20 311.4 311.9 289.1 321.1 3.07 9 600 4345 -0.3 -26.0 12 25.7 -7.7 138 25 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.4 0.76 10 550 5034 -4.6 -34.2 8 29.7 -11.3 138 25 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.0 0.38 11 500 5776 -9.5 -24.6 28 15.1 -13.7 142 28 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.1 1.04 12 450 6582 -14.2 -37.6 12 23.4 -18.6 142 36 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.33 13 400 7463 -21.1 -45.4 9 24.3 -24.2 134 39 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 14 350 8432 -28.7 -52.8 8 24.0 -30.7 137 32 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 15 300 9514 -38.2 -53.3 19 15.0 -39.1 126 30 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 16 250 10740 -48.8 -57.5 36 8.7 -49.1 129 24 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12172 -55.4 -65.2 28 9.8 -55.6 142 18 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14038 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 209 11 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16651 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 228 5 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.76 m Freezing level: 606.73 mb = 4258.14 m = 13970.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.39 mb = 3390.90 m = 11124.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.29 mb = 914.01 m = 2998.68 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1812.57 m = 5946.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.74 mb = 1516.00 m = 4973.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.74 mb = 2082.99 m = 6833.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.74 mb = 11226.42 m = 36831.63 ft B at Equ Level: 571.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.74 mb = 13159.69 m = 43174.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -33.2 tot: -27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.24 Bulk Shear: 30.05 m/s