MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.93,-110.34 Latitude: 52.93 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 97 1 950 548 SFC 939 646 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.2 100 6 301.6 304.3 295.6 345.3 14.86 3 900 1017 19.3 15.3 78 4.0 16.6 118 10 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.23 4 850 1507 16.1 13.1 82 3.0 14.2 137 13 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.4 11.24 5 800 2019 12.3 8.4 77 4.0 9.9 134 17 304.3 305.9 291.7 330.2 8.65 6 750 2557 8.9 2.8 66 6.1 5.6 128 18 306.3 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.27 7 700 3126 5.3 1.6 77 3.8 3.3 128 18 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.2 6.13 8 650 3727 1.3 -1.7 80 3.0 -0.2 131 20 310.5 311.4 290.7 326.7 5.21 9 600 4367 -2.1 -7.7 66 5.5 -4.6 126 23 313.7 314.3 290.3 325.1 3.58 10 550 5054 -6.1 -11.6 65 5.5 -8.3 122 25 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.85 11 500 5794 -10.2 -13.3 78 3.1 -11.4 120 23 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.74 12 450 6599 -14.7 -17.3 80 2.6 -15.6 131 19 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.3 2.19 13 400 7480 -20.9 -25.3 68 4.4 -22.0 142 15 327.8 328.1 292.3 332.2 1.22 14 350 8455 -27.4 -30.1 78 2.7 -27.9 154 16 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.89 15 300 9545 -36.4 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.7 163 22 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.41 16 250 10780 -47.2 -50.7 68 3.5 -47.4 161 25 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12215 -55.9 -64.6 33 8.6 -56.1 173 20 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 14067 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 212 11 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 204 6 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.00 m Freezing level: 630.76 mb = 3973.62 m = 13036.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.66 mb = 3694.25 m = 12120.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.75 mb = 1163.04 m = 3815.71 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1789.26 m = 5870.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 682.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.21 mb = 1584.57 m = 5198.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.21 mb = 2048.63 m = 6721.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.21 mb = 11117.81 m = 36475.32 ft B at Equ Level: 682.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.21 mb = 13368.18 m = 43858.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.5 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 156.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 43.14 Bulk Shear: 15.82 m/s