MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.04,-110.41 Latitude: 53.04 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 511 SFC 934 655 18.7 18.5 98 0.3 18.6 76 9 297.6 300.3 294.2 339.6 14.48 3 900 976 17.4 17.2 99 0.1 17.3 107 21 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.9 13.88 4 850 1464 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 144 23 301.8 304.0 293.8 337.8 12.23 5 800 1975 12.1 10.6 91 1.5 11.2 150 25 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.3 10.11 6 750 2514 9.1 7.5 90 1.6 8.2 150 26 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.8 8.70 7 700 3083 5.7 4.5 92 1.3 5.0 147 27 308.8 310.3 292.3 332.0 7.55 8 650 3687 2.3 1.4 94 0.9 1.8 142 29 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.52 9 600 4330 -1.2 -2.1 93 0.9 -1.7 137 30 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.0 5.46 10 550 5020 -4.9 -6.5 89 1.6 -5.6 134 31 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.1 4.28 11 500 5764 -9.0 -13.9 68 4.9 -10.9 135 32 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.7 2.61 12 450 6572 -14.2 -20.7 58 6.5 -16.2 140 30 325.4 325.7 292.0 331.1 1.64 13 400 7453 -20.3 -24.3 71 4.0 -21.3 146 28 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.34 14 350 8426 -28.6 -34.7 56 6.1 -29.5 145 28 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.4 0.58 15 300 9511 -37.4 -46.8 37 9.5 -38.1 134 31 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10741 -47.8 -52.7 57 4.9 -48.0 142 33 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12177 -54.4 -67.3 19 12.9 -54.6 151 28 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14043 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 200 15 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 210 6 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.06 m Freezing level: 616.84 mb = 4113.37 m = 13495.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4011.18 m = 13159.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.84 mb = 686.11 m = 2250.98 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1246.71 m = 4090.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.20 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 731.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.15 mb = 1175.78 m = 3857.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.15 mb = 1521.78 m = 4992.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.15 mb = 11162.82 m = 36622.97 ft B at Equ Level: 730.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.15 mb = 13458.56 m = 44154.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.7 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 168.7 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 124.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 21.30 Bulk Shear: 34.35 m/s