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: 52.59,-109.41 Latitude: 52.59 Longitude: -109.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 541 SFC 938 653 20.4 18.9 91 1.6 19.4 227 8 299.0 301.7 294.8 342.1 14.77 3 900 1007 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 239 10 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.8 13.15 4 850 1497 16.2 13.6 84 2.6 14.5 115 10 303.1 305.3 293.7 337.5 11.59 5 800 2010 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 103 15 304.1 306.0 293.2 335.7 10.60 6 750 2548 8.5 8.0 97 0.5 8.2 94 20 305.8 307.5 292.5 333.0 9.02 7 700 3115 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 3.8 102 21 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.7 6.93 8 650 3716 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.4 116 23 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.0 5.56 9 600 4357 -2.2 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.1 118 26 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.5 4.72 10 550 5045 -4.9 -6.1 91 1.2 -5.5 120 27 318.3 319.1 292.4 332.5 4.40 11 500 5789 -9.3 -11.0 87 1.8 -10.0 123 26 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.6 3.29 12 450 6596 -14.8 -17.1 82 2.4 -15.6 124 23 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.3 2.22 13 400 7477 -20.4 -22.8 81 2.4 -21.0 136 21 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.9 1.53 14 350 8452 -27.0 -29.7 78 2.7 -27.5 156 22 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.7 0.93 15 300 9543 -36.3 -39.3 73 3.1 -36.6 159 20 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.42 16 250 10778 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -47.9 165 19 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12211 -55.1 -61.9 43 6.8 -55.3 166 12 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14068 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 218 13 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16671 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 230 6 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.87 m Freezing level: 629.08 mb = 3984.53 m = 13072.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.63 mb = 3782.83 m = 12410.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.28 mb = 852.76 m = 2797.73 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1669.42 m = 5477.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.96 mb = 1386.90 m = 4550.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.96 mb = 1946.80 m = 6387.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.96 mb = 11427.01 m = 37489.72 ft B at Equ Level: 696.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.96 mb = 13415.07 m = 44012.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 146.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -12.2 tot: 57.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 88.88 m/s