MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.93,-110.60 Latitude: 52.93 Longitude: -110.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 534 SFC 936 663 18.5 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 66 2 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.5 14.25 3 900 998 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 138 9 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.0 13.06 4 850 1485 14.5 13.8 96 0.7 14.1 155 19 301.4 303.5 293.3 336.0 11.76 5 800 1996 11.4 11.1 98 0.3 11.3 157 20 303.3 305.3 292.9 334.5 10.47 6 750 2533 8.4 8.2 98 0.2 8.3 159 21 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.13 7 700 3101 5.1 4.8 98 0.2 4.9 165 20 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.8 7.76 8 650 3703 1.5 1.0 97 0.5 1.2 168 18 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.3 6.34 9 600 4344 -2.0 -3.5 89 1.6 -2.7 171 18 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.4 4.92 10 550 5032 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.3 171 20 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.6 4.10 11 500 5773 -10.3 -12.0 88 1.7 -10.9 171 17 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.6 3.06 12 450 6576 -15.8 -24.2 49 8.4 -18.0 175 16 323.3 323.6 291.0 327.5 1.20 13 400 7452 -22.2 -31.8 41 9.6 -24.0 176 19 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.67 14 350 8418 -29.3 -47.9 15 18.5 -31.1 169 22 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.14 15 300 9498 -38.9 -48.7 35 9.8 -39.5 164 26 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 16 250 10718 -50.3 -53.7 67 3.4 -50.4 164 34 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12152 -52.1 -69.4 11 17.3 -52.5 167 30 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14025 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 207 17 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16640 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 204 5 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.23 m Freezing level: 628.47 mb = 3979.20 m = 13054.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 3892.43 m = 12770.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.38 mb = 694.74 m = 2279.30 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1325.80 m = 4349.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.18 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.54 mb = 1213.28 m = 3980.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.54 mb = 1659.71 m = 5445.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.54 mb = 11183.36 m = 36690.36 ft B at Equ Level: 816.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.54 mb = 13113.50 m = 43022.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.2 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 195.2 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 42.78 Bulk Shear: 19.28 m/s