MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.93,-108.25 Latitude: 50.93 Longitude: -108.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 508 SFC 938 620 22.6 17.0 71 5.6 18.8 93 2 301.2 303.6 294.3 339.7 13.10 3 900 977 18.6 15.6 83 3.0 16.6 127 5 300.7 303.0 293.7 337.4 12.50 4 850 1464 14.4 14.0 98 0.4 14.2 158 8 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.4 11.95 5 800 1975 10.9 10.2 96 0.7 10.5 199 14 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.85 6 750 2511 8.2 5.8 85 2.4 6.8 202 17 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.8 7.71 7 700 3078 5.0 0.8 74 4.2 2.8 204 16 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.9 5.82 8 650 3681 2.3 -5.4 56 7.8 -1.3 204 18 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.0 3.93 9 600 4321 -2.4 -13.9 41 11.4 -6.7 196 20 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.4 2.18 10 550 5006 -6.3 -30.2 13 23.9 -12.0 198 19 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.7 0.57 11 500 5745 -10.2 -36.8 9 26.7 -15.4 187 17 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.33 12 450 6549 -15.2 -43.0 7 27.8 -19.5 180 17 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 13 400 7427 -21.5 -30.4 44 8.9 -23.3 173 23 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.8 0.76 14 350 8396 -28.9 -37.2 45 8.3 -30.0 163 31 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.45 15 300 9479 -38.0 -48.9 31 10.9 -38.8 160 32 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.15 16 250 10706 -48.5 -54.7 48 6.2 -48.7 162 42 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12139 -55.6 -65.6 27 10.1 -55.8 170 33 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13998 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 205 22 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 19 100 16623 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 191 13 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.25 m Freezing level: 625.53 mb = 3994.22 m = 13104.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.47 mb = 3489.51 m = 11448.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.33 mb = 1321.79 m = 4336.53 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 21.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.54 mb = 1439.03 m = 4721.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.59 C = 72.66 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 34.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 753.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.31 mb = 1411.38 m = 4630.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.31 mb = 1561.01 m = 5121.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.31 mb = 11232.62 m = 36851.99 ft B at Equ Level: 744.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.31 mb = 13177.47 m = 43232.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 223.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 28.18 m/s