MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.16,-109.84 Latitude: 52.16 Longitude: -109.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 550 SFC 933 708 20.4 18.3 88 2.1 19.0 225 7 299.5 302.1 294.7 341.5 14.37 3 900 1017 17.8 16.4 92 1.4 16.8 211 8 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.2 13.13 4 850 1505 15.0 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 108 7 301.9 304.0 293.3 335.8 11.48 5 800 2016 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 88 11 303.6 305.5 292.7 333.6 10.08 6 750 2554 8.1 6.2 88 1.9 7.0 92 19 305.4 306.9 291.5 329.4 7.95 7 700 3120 4.2 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 96 22 307.2 308.2 290.2 324.9 5.78 8 650 3719 0.4 -0.8 92 1.2 -0.2 99 23 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.56 9 600 4358 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -2.9 105 25 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.9 5.02 10 550 5045 -5.7 -6.5 94 0.8 -6.1 112 26 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.26 11 500 5788 -9.1 -10.1 92 1.0 -9.5 125 26 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.7 3.56 12 450 6597 -13.9 -15.4 89 1.4 -14.5 136 26 325.7 326.3 292.9 334.5 2.57 13 400 7481 -19.8 -21.7 84 1.9 -20.3 140 23 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.2 1.68 14 350 8457 -27.0 -29.5 80 2.4 -27.5 153 22 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.95 15 300 9549 -36.2 -39.2 74 3.0 -36.5 167 18 334.4 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.43 16 250 10782 -47.9 -51.4 67 3.5 -48.0 164 18 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12217 -54.5 -61.7 40 7.3 -54.6 181 16 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14079 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 200 11 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16682 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 225 5 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.78 m Freezing level: 643.19 mb = 3805.89 m = 12486.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.07 mb = 3668.45 m = 12035.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.65 mb = 972.72 m = 3191.30 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.58 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1545.64 m = 5070.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.12 mb = 1384.01 m = 4540.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.12 mb = 1837.60 m = 6028.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.12 mb = 11122.42 m = 36490.44 ft B at Equ Level: 510.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.12 mb = 13003.22 m = 42660.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 141.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.91 Bulk Shear: 65.14 m/s