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: 53.75,-111.50 Latitude: 53.75 Longitude: -111.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 535 SFC 939 637 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.7 234 6 296.5 299.0 293.2 335.7 13.58 3 900 998 16.8 15.1 90 1.7 15.7 285 8 298.8 301.0 292.8 333.9 12.06 4 850 1485 14.4 13.0 91 1.4 13.6 85 6 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.18 5 800 1996 11.5 10.6 94 0.9 10.9 110 13 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.4 10.09 6 750 2533 8.2 7.8 97 0.4 7.9 109 16 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.1 8.86 7 700 3100 4.7 4.2 96 0.5 4.4 104 18 307.7 309.1 291.8 330.3 7.41 8 650 3701 0.7 0.3 97 0.4 0.5 98 21 309.8 310.9 291.3 328.4 6.01 9 600 4340 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.5 -2.9 96 24 313.0 314.0 291.4 329.0 5.06 10 550 5026 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.9 -6.4 98 25 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.5 4.17 11 500 5766 -10.6 -11.9 90 1.3 -11.1 113 26 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.2 3.06 12 450 6571 -14.7 -16.4 87 1.7 -15.3 130 30 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.8 2.36 13 400 7452 -20.4 -22.6 82 2.2 -21.0 143 32 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.0 1.55 14 350 8427 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.4 149 34 331.2 331.3 292.9 334.3 0.86 15 300 9514 -36.8 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.1 152 34 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10746 -48.5 -51.9 68 3.4 -48.7 157 33 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12174 -55.9 -64.0 36 8.1 -56.1 163 34 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14036 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 201 18 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16653 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 201 6 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.80 m Freezing level: 639.50 mb = 3834.74 m = 12581.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3789.31 m = 12431.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.13 mb = 697.88 m = 2289.60 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1562.45 m = 5126.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.04 C = 73.48 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.44 mb = 1282.57 m = 4207.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.44 mb = 2255.18 m = 7398.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.44 mb = 6991.06 m = 22936.28 ft B at Equ Level: 223.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.44 mb = 12001.95 m = 39375.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.0 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 137.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 90.57 m/s