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: 52.79,-110.67 Latitude: 52.79 Longitude: -110.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 540 SFC 936 671 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.7 236 5 297.6 300.2 294.2 339.6 14.50 3 900 1005 17.2 16.4 95 0.8 16.7 170 9 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.8 13.19 4 850 1492 14.7 13.6 93 1.1 14.0 139 15 301.6 303.7 293.2 335.7 11.58 5 800 2004 11.4 10.4 94 1.0 10.8 122 19 303.3 305.2 292.5 333.0 9.96 6 750 2541 8.0 7.1 94 0.9 7.5 115 19 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.9 8.49 7 700 3108 5.0 4.1 94 0.9 4.5 121 17 308.0 309.3 291.8 330.4 7.35 8 650 3709 1.2 0.7 97 0.4 1.0 132 17 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.6 6.22 9 600 4349 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 151 18 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.18 10 550 5036 -5.9 -6.3 96 0.5 -6.1 172 22 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.1 4.34 11 500 5776 -10.6 -12.0 90 1.4 -11.2 185 22 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.1 3.05 12 450 6580 -15.7 -19.9 70 4.2 -17.0 183 20 323.4 323.8 291.6 329.4 1.75 13 400 7456 -22.0 -26.7 66 4.7 -23.0 180 16 326.4 326.7 291.8 330.3 1.08 14 350 8424 -29.3 -33.6 66 4.3 -30.0 167 13 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.64 15 300 9505 -38.4 -44.4 53 6.0 -38.9 159 13 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 16 250 10729 -49.4 -57.5 38 8.2 -49.6 161 18 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12168 -51.3 -70.1 9 18.8 -51.7 168 27 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14044 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 203 18 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 241 6 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.15 m Freezing level: 633.96 mb = 3914.61 m = 12843.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.82 mb = 3873.05 m = 12706.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.12 mb = 704.02 m = 2309.76 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1398.98 m = 4589.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.30 C = 72.14 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 853.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.31 mb = 1252.14 m = 4108.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.31 mb = 1700.28 m = 5578.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.31 mb = 11286.10 m = 37027.43 ft B at Equ Level: 827.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.31 mb = 13254.07 m = 43483.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.7 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 182.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -10.5 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 50.71 Bulk Shear: 16.83 m/s