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: 53.13,-110.27 Latitude: 53.13 Longitude: -110.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 540 SFC 937 658 21.0 18.7 87 2.3 19.4 218 2 299.7 302.3 294.9 342.4 14.63 3 900 1008 19.6 16.2 81 3.4 17.3 148 9 301.7 304.1 294.3 340.0 12.99 4 850 1498 15.7 13.5 87 2.2 14.3 116 14 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.53 5 800 2010 12.1 8.8 80 3.3 10.1 116 20 304.1 305.7 291.9 330.8 8.93 6 750 2549 8.9 6.1 83 2.8 7.3 117 23 306.3 307.7 291.7 330.2 7.91 7 700 3117 5.1 2.8 85 2.3 3.8 123 23 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.6 6.68 8 650 3717 0.6 -0.4 93 1.0 0.1 127 24 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.3 5.73 9 600 4356 -2.5 -3.3 95 0.7 -2.9 133 29 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.0 5.02 10 550 5043 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.8 -5.8 139 30 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.8 4.37 11 500 5787 -8.8 -9.9 92 1.1 -9.3 148 29 322.3 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.60 12 450 6597 -13.9 -15.5 88 1.6 -14.5 157 26 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.5 2.55 13 400 7480 -20.0 -22.2 83 2.1 -20.6 158 23 328.9 329.3 293.0 334.6 1.62 14 350 8455 -27.3 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.8 159 24 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.91 15 300 9545 -36.2 -39.3 73 3.1 -36.5 160 25 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.42 16 250 10781 -47.7 -51.1 68 3.4 -47.9 159 23 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12213 -56.5 -63.7 40 7.2 -56.6 171 23 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14068 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 208 13 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16676 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 233 7 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.31 m Freezing level: 640.66 mb = 3836.42 m = 12586.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.69 mb = 3733.11 m = 12247.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.24 mb = 948.32 m = 3111.24 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1644.97 m = 5396.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.30 C = 75.75 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 714.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.54 mb = 1482.60 m = 4864.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.54 mb = 1837.33 m = 6027.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.54 mb = 11412.94 m = 37443.57 ft B at Equ Level: 712.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.54 mb = 13393.47 m = 43941.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 164.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 19.22 Bulk Shear: 37.20 m/s