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: 52.36,-110.17 Latitude: 52.36 Longitude: -110.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 553 SFC 936 681 19.8 18.6 92 1.3 18.9 209 8 298.6 301.2 294.5 340.8 14.52 3 900 1019 17.7 16.0 90 1.7 16.6 187 9 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.3 12.82 4 850 1507 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 13.9 115 8 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.5 11.28 5 800 2019 11.7 10.1 90 1.7 10.7 95 10 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.7 9.73 6 750 2556 8.2 6.5 89 1.7 7.2 92 15 305.5 307.0 291.7 329.9 8.11 7 700 3123 4.6 3.0 89 1.6 3.7 93 17 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.4 6.81 8 650 3723 0.6 -0.3 94 0.9 0.1 97 18 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.78 9 600 4362 -2.7 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 99 20 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.6 4.97 10 550 5048 -5.6 -6.4 94 0.8 -5.9 99 21 317.5 318.3 292.1 331.4 4.33 11 500 5791 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.1 -10.0 104 23 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.39 12 450 6598 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.5 -15.0 119 23 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.4 2.45 13 400 7480 -20.2 -22.3 83 2.1 -20.8 130 20 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.60 14 350 8455 -27.4 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.9 148 24 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.90 15 300 9547 -36.0 -39.0 74 3.0 -36.4 169 25 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.3 0.43 16 250 10782 -47.8 -51.1 68 3.3 -47.9 175 24 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12216 -54.8 -62.4 39 7.5 -55.0 186 17 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14077 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 199 12 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16682 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 218 5 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.92 m Freezing level: 640.96 mb = 3838.50 m = 12593.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.84 mb = 3749.57 m = 12301.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.73 mb = 841.70 m = 2761.45 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1614.35 m = 5296.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.79 mb = 1379.50 m = 4525.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.79 mb = 1936.86 m = 6354.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.79 mb = 11103.45 m = 36428.20 ft B at Equ Level: 458.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.79 mb = 12977.53 m = 42576.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 134.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -5.5 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.18 Bulk Shear: 45.82 m/s