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: 52.84,-109.74 Latitude: 52.84 Longitude: -109.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 536 SFC 939 640 22.5 18.6 79 3.8 19.8 258 3 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.54 3 900 1005 19.6 16.3 82 3.2 17.4 119 1 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.3 13.10 4 850 1497 16.9 13.5 80 3.4 14.7 100 14 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.3 11.55 5 800 2011 12.6 11.9 95 0.7 12.2 99 16 304.6 306.7 293.7 337.6 11.04 6 750 2551 9.0 8.7 97 0.4 8.8 98 21 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.9 9.43 7 700 3119 4.8 2.2 84 2.6 3.4 105 22 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.5 6.44 8 650 3719 1.5 -3.5 69 5.0 -0.9 112 24 310.7 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.54 9 600 4360 -2.0 -4.5 83 2.5 -3.2 117 25 313.8 314.6 291.2 328.2 4.57 10 550 5047 -5.4 -9.0 76 3.6 -6.9 121 25 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.2 3.53 11 500 5790 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.6 -10.5 125 23 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.6 3.05 12 450 6597 -14.8 -17.7 79 2.9 -15.7 131 17 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.8 2.12 13 400 7476 -21.3 -25.3 70 4.0 -22.3 144 15 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.22 14 350 8451 -27.1 -29.8 77 2.8 -27.6 165 22 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.6 0.92 15 300 9541 -36.2 -39.3 73 3.1 -36.5 165 21 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.42 16 250 10776 -47.8 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 171 21 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12209 -55.1 -61.8 43 6.7 -55.3 169 13 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 14065 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 216 14 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 227 6 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.24 m Freezing level: 628.75 mb = 3991.60 m = 13095.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.58 mb = 3588.43 m = 11772.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.42 mb = 1126.47 m = 3695.72 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1779.95 m = 5839.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.98 mb = 1546.91 m = 5075.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.98 mb = 2010.84 m = 6597.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.98 mb = 11597.47 m = 38048.98 ft B at Equ Level: 942.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.98 mb = 13649.63 m = 44781.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.2 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 144.2 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 19.87 Bulk Shear: 48.01 m/s