MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.64,-111.00 Latitude: 52.64 Longitude: -111.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 539 SFC 934 689 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.2 265 4 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.1 14.13 3 900 1003 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 234 2 298.9 301.3 293.5 336.7 12.99 4 850 1490 14.6 13.4 93 1.2 13.8 141 10 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.2 11.44 5 800 2001 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.9 134 15 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.1 10.01 6 750 2538 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 129 19 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.6 8.73 7 700 3105 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.7 128 21 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.61 8 650 3706 1.2 0.5 95 0.7 0.8 137 22 310.3 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.11 9 600 4346 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 153 23 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.98 10 550 5033 -5.8 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 172 24 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.26 11 500 5774 -10.4 -12.1 87 1.7 -11.0 183 21 320.4 321.0 291.8 330.4 3.04 12 450 6578 -15.5 -19.1 74 3.6 -16.6 188 19 323.7 324.1 291.7 330.2 1.88 13 400 7456 -21.8 -26.5 66 4.6 -22.9 179 16 326.6 326.9 291.9 330.5 1.10 14 350 8423 -29.4 -34.2 63 4.8 -30.2 161 13 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.3 0.60 15 300 9503 -38.6 -45.3 49 6.7 -39.1 147 13 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.22 16 250 10726 -49.6 -57.2 41 7.6 -49.8 157 18 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 17 200 12165 -51.1 -70.1 9 19.0 -51.5 167 27 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14043 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 203 19 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 237 7 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.93 m Freezing level: 634.48 mb = 3904.89 m = 12811.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3835.53 m = 12583.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.56 mb = 716.47 m = 2350.61 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 9.35 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1446.83 m = 4746.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.95 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.40 mb = 1268.19 m = 4160.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.40 mb = 1819.28 m = 5968.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.40 mb = 11059.34 m = 36283.48 ft B at Equ Level: 695.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.40 mb = 12947.50 m = 42478.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 185.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 61.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 16.18 Bulk Shear: 43.53 m/s