MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.84,-106.89 Latitude: 52.84 Longitude: -106.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 952 519 19.1 18.9 99 0.2 19.0 103 3 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.4 14.57 2 950 540 19.1 18.8 99 0.2 18.9 106 4 296.5 299.2 294.0 338.5 14.56 3 900 1005 17.2 15.9 92 1.2 16.4 146 20 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.5 12.76 4 850 1492 14.5 13.6 94 1.0 13.9 145 26 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.5 11.56 5 800 2003 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.3 140 29 303.5 305.5 292.9 334.5 10.39 6 750 2541 8.7 8.4 98 0.3 8.6 139 30 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.0 9.29 7 700 3110 5.8 5.4 97 0.4 5.5 143 30 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.4 8.04 8 650 3714 2.5 1.9 96 0.5 2.2 147 31 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.8 6.79 9 600 4358 -1.0 -1.8 95 0.8 -1.4 147 30 315.0 316.0 292.4 332.7 5.61 10 550 5048 -4.6 -5.9 91 1.3 -5.2 151 30 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.49 11 500 5791 -9.5 -11.7 83 2.3 -10.4 154 27 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.8 3.11 12 450 6599 -14.2 -17.1 78 3.0 -15.2 153 22 325.4 325.9 292.5 333.0 2.22 13 400 7481 -20.4 -24.8 68 4.3 -21.5 154 18 328.4 328.7 292.5 332.9 1.28 14 350 8455 -27.5 -33.1 59 5.6 -28.5 155 14 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.68 15 300 9543 -37.2 -42.3 59 5.1 -37.7 152 10 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.31 16 250 10771 -48.5 -53.8 54 5.3 -48.7 127 5 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12208 -55.5 -63.3 37 7.8 -55.7 146 12 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14061 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 232 9 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 304 5 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.15 m Freezing level: 614.46 mb = 4171.38 m = 13685.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.40 mb = 4101.63 m = 13456.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.36 mb = 546.07 m = 1791.53 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.81 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1281.03 m = 4202.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.63 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.77 mb = 1102.24 m = 3616.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.77 mb = 1745.67 m = 5727.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.77 mb = 11176.14 m = 36666.67 ft B at Equ Level: 361.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.77 mb = 12718.33 m = 41726.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 176.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 11.53 Bulk Shear: 31.91 m/s