MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.47,-110.31 Latitude: 53.47 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 111 1 950 557 SFC 943 622 23.8 18.2 71 5.6 19.9 139 3 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.6 14.08 3 900 1027 21.1 11.5 54 9.5 15.0 136 7 303.2 305.0 292.2 331.6 9.52 4 850 1519 17.2 13.0 76 4.2 14.4 122 12 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.3 11.11 5 800 2033 13.2 8.7 74 4.5 10.4 123 17 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.8 8.86 6 750 2573 8.9 4.6 74 4.3 6.5 119 16 306.3 307.6 291.1 327.9 7.12 7 700 3140 4.6 1.1 78 3.5 2.7 105 13 307.6 308.7 290.5 325.7 5.93 8 650 3740 1.0 -3.1 74 4.1 -1.0 107 13 310.1 311.0 290.2 324.7 4.67 9 600 4380 -2.0 -8.7 60 6.7 -4.8 129 11 313.8 314.5 290.1 324.4 3.30 10 550 5065 -6.3 -18.6 37 12.2 -10.4 128 14 316.6 316.9 289.3 322.0 1.61 11 500 5805 -9.6 -38.4 8 28.7 -15.1 110 18 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.28 12 450 6611 -14.9 -42.7 7 27.8 -19.2 112 17 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.20 13 400 7489 -21.5 -44.7 10 23.2 -24.5 121 18 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 14 350 8459 -28.1 -54.4 6 26.3 -30.3 128 25 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.07 15 300 9544 -37.4 -55.5 13 18.2 -38.4 128 23 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 16 250 10775 -47.6 -59.1 25 11.6 -48.0 120 22 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12216 -55.6 -65.3 29 9.7 -55.8 166 10 344.6 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14063 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 233 8 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 352 5 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.46 m Freezing level: 633.14 mb = 3955.68 m = 12977.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.51 mb = 3573.09 m = 11722.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.10 mb = 1337.70 m = 4388.74 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.39 mb = 2251.47 m = 7386.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.08 mb = 1969.18 m = 6460.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.08 mb = 2560.63 m = 8400.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.08 mb = 10745.79 m = 35254.79 ft B at Equ Level: 389.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.08 mb = 12853.85 m = 42170.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.6 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 147.6 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -13.7 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 38.74 Bulk Shear: 10.14 m/s