MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.53,-109.64 Latitude: 52.53 Longitude: -109.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 544 SFC 938 655 19.3 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 244 8 297.8 300.5 294.4 340.3 14.66 3 900 1009 16.7 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 259 11 298.7 301.1 293.6 336.9 13.11 4 850 1496 14.9 14.2 96 0.7 14.4 118 7 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.4 12.08 5 800 2008 11.9 11.5 97 0.4 11.6 105 16 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.6 10.68 6 750 2546 8.6 8.3 98 0.3 8.5 97 21 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.7 9.23 7 700 3114 5.0 4.6 97 0.4 4.7 101 22 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.2 7.60 8 650 3716 1.4 0.6 94 0.8 1.0 113 23 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.6 6.14 9 600 4356 -2.2 -3.0 94 0.9 -2.6 116 25 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.8 5.11 10 550 5044 -4.9 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.3 117 27 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.57 11 500 5788 -9.3 -10.6 91 1.2 -9.9 119 26 321.7 322.3 292.5 332.9 3.42 12 450 6595 -14.6 -16.4 86 1.8 -15.2 122 25 324.9 325.3 292.5 332.9 2.35 13 400 7477 -20.1 -22.4 82 2.2 -20.7 136 23 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.59 14 350 8453 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 155 24 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9544 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.6 159 21 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10779 -47.7 -51.1 68 3.4 -47.9 161 21 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12211 -55.5 -61.6 47 6.1 -55.6 167 14 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14069 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 216 14 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16674 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 226 6 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.00 m Freezing level: 630.36 mb = 3967.21 m = 13015.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.39 mb = 3884.98 m = 12745.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.66 mb = 721.40 m = 2366.78 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.77 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1264.31 m = 4147.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.05 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 38.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 494.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.67 mb = 1194.03 m = 3917.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.67 mb = 1741.15 m = 5712.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.67 mb = 11157.76 m = 36606.39 ft B at Equ Level: 489.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.67 mb = 13049.00 m = 42811.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 144.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.1 neg: -20.5 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.53 Bulk Shear: 109.17 m/s