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: 52.99,-110.67 Latitude: 52.99 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 91 1 950 533 SFC 936 665 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 62 2 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.7 14.06 3 900 997 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 125 9 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.2 13.12 4 850 1484 14.5 14.1 98 0.3 14.3 150 18 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.6 12.00 5 800 1995 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.4 154 20 303.5 305.4 293.1 335.1 10.62 6 750 2533 8.6 8.4 99 0.2 8.5 158 21 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.7 9.26 7 700 3101 5.2 5.1 99 0.2 5.1 164 20 308.3 309.7 292.3 332.3 7.87 8 650 3703 1.5 1.1 97 0.5 1.3 164 17 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.4 6.37 9 600 4344 -2.0 -3.2 91 1.2 -2.6 169 18 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.7 5.02 10 550 5032 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.9 171 20 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.5 4.36 11 500 5773 -10.4 -11.2 94 0.8 -10.8 174 18 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.0 3.24 12 450 6576 -15.8 -22.7 56 6.8 -17.7 177 16 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.1 1.37 13 400 7452 -22.2 -32.6 38 10.4 -24.1 176 19 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.62 14 350 8418 -29.3 -48.9 13 19.6 -31.1 171 22 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9498 -38.9 -49.0 34 10.1 -39.5 165 26 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 16 250 10718 -50.3 -53.5 68 3.3 -50.4 165 33 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12151 -52.2 -69.5 11 17.3 -52.6 167 30 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14025 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 207 17 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16639 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 203 5 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.13 m Freezing level: 628.45 mb = 3979.49 m = 13055.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3904.93 m = 12811.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.35 mb = 694.36 m = 2278.06 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1286.81 m = 4221.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.77 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 856.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.18 mb = 1196.65 m = 3925.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.18 mb = 1642.33 m = 5388.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.18 mb = 11137.87 m = 36541.11 ft B at Equ Level: 854.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.18 mb = 13051.26 m = 42818.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 194.1 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): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 37.62 Bulk Shear: 22.78 m/s