MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.81,-110.11 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -110.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 539 SFC 940 629 20.3 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 336 1 298.7 301.4 294.8 341.8 14.84 3 900 1005 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 92 6 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.3 12.56 4 850 1492 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.4 92 15 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.6 10.83 5 800 2004 12.2 10.5 89 1.8 11.1 105 20 304.2 306.0 292.8 334.0 9.99 6 750 2543 8.8 7.3 90 1.5 7.9 117 24 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.59 7 700 3111 5.3 4.2 92 1.2 4.6 125 26 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.0 7.39 8 650 3713 1.4 0.6 94 0.8 1.0 133 28 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.6 6.16 9 600 4354 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 142 30 313.5 314.5 291.7 329.9 5.22 10 550 5042 -4.9 -5.7 95 0.7 -5.3 149 32 318.2 319.1 292.5 333.0 4.56 11 500 5787 -8.7 -9.8 92 1.1 -9.1 156 33 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.5 3.64 12 450 6596 -13.6 -15.2 88 1.6 -14.2 163 30 326.1 326.6 293.0 335.0 2.61 13 400 7481 -19.6 -21.7 83 2.1 -20.1 163 27 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.69 14 350 8458 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 162 24 332.5 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9549 -36.3 -39.4 74 3.0 -36.7 160 21 334.2 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10784 -47.5 -50.9 68 3.4 -47.7 150 20 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.14 17 200 12216 -56.7 -63.7 41 7.0 -56.9 164 25 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14073 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 207 12 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 234 6 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.60 m Freezing level: 631.05 mb = 3956.04 m = 12978.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.15 mb = 3885.56 m = 12747.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.34 mb = 793.98 m = 2604.90 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1546.62 m = 5074.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.01 mb = 1333.25 m = 4374.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.01 mb = 2312.13 m = 7585.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.01 mb = 7277.27 m = 23875.28 ft B at Equ Level: 190.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.01 mb = 12513.38 m = 41053.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 167.2 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 66.30 m/s