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: 52.96,-109.94 Latitude: 52.96 Longitude: -109.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 538 SFC 939 635 21.7 19.0 84 2.8 19.8 267 5 300.2 302.9 295.2 343.7 14.86 3 900 1006 19.8 15.4 76 4.4 16.8 90 3 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.2 12.32 4 850 1498 17.3 12.0 71 5.3 13.9 95 14 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.4 10.42 5 800 2012 13.1 9.4 78 3.7 10.8 98 17 305.1 306.8 292.5 333.0 9.29 6 750 2552 8.8 6.4 85 2.4 7.4 106 20 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.5 8.07 7 700 3119 4.9 -2.1 60 7.0 1.4 108 22 307.9 308.8 289.5 322.4 4.68 8 650 3720 1.9 -5.7 57 7.6 -1.6 114 21 311.1 311.9 289.8 323.3 3.85 9 600 4361 -2.1 -5.1 80 3.0 -3.5 118 23 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.5 4.35 10 550 5048 -5.7 -10.6 68 4.9 -7.7 120 23 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.5 3.11 11 500 5790 -9.8 -13.1 77 3.3 -11.1 126 22 321.1 321.7 291.8 330.4 2.79 12 450 6596 -14.7 -18.6 72 3.9 -16.0 139 17 324.7 325.1 292.1 331.4 1.95 13 400 7475 -21.6 -25.5 71 3.9 -22.5 144 14 326.9 327.2 292.0 331.2 1.20 14 350 8449 -27.1 -29.7 79 2.6 -27.6 167 21 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.6 0.93 15 300 9540 -36.2 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.5 167 22 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.42 16 250 10774 -47.9 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.0 171 21 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12207 -55.3 -61.8 44 6.5 -55.4 170 13 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14064 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 214 14 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16668 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 226 7 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.15 m Freezing level: 625.97 mb = 4028.13 m = 13215.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.14 mb = 3400.15 m = 11155.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.40 mb = 983.19 m = 3225.65 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1975.11 m = 6479.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 32.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.90 mb = 1660.25 m = 5446.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.90 mb = 2235.74 m = 7335.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.90 mb = 11340.53 m = 37206.02 ft B at Equ Level: 639.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.90 mb = 13297.75 m = 43627.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.4 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 145.4 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 17.75 Bulk Shear: 36.64 m/s