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: 52.52,-105.68 Latitude: 52.52 Longitude: -105.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 504 SFC 945 552 24.0 19.6 77 4.3 20.9 144 6 302.0 304.8 296.1 347.4 15.41 3 900 977 21.4 17.4 78 4.1 18.6 134 13 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.2 13.99 4 850 1471 17.5 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 126 16 304.4 306.9 295.4 344.8 13.53 5 800 1986 13.7 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 124 18 305.7 308.0 294.9 342.6 12.28 6 750 2528 9.9 9.7 99 0.1 9.8 143 22 307.3 309.2 293.8 338.0 10.15 7 700 3098 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.1 157 22 308.6 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.77 8 650 3700 1.5 -0.3 88 1.8 0.5 159 23 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.5 5.75 9 600 4341 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 167 22 313.5 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.15 10 550 5028 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.9 173 17 317.3 318.2 292.1 331.5 4.41 11 500 5770 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.8 -10.1 180 18 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.4 3.42 12 450 6576 -14.5 -15.4 92 1.0 -14.8 184 19 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.7 2.56 13 400 7459 -19.9 -21.7 86 1.8 -20.4 185 20 329.1 329.5 293.0 335.0 1.69 14 350 8435 -27.6 -31.2 71 3.7 -28.2 183 23 331.6 331.7 292.9 334.5 0.81 15 300 9522 -36.8 -40.4 70 3.5 -37.2 181 25 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.38 16 250 10757 -47.5 -50.9 68 3.4 -47.7 203 34 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 17 200 12183 -61.0 -65.0 59 4.0 -61.0 204 51 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.03 18 150 14017 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 200 26 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16641 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 196 19 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.78 m Freezing level: 630.52 mb = 3949.78 m = 12958.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.35 mb = 3807.38 m = 12491.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.02 mb = 1102.56 m = 3617.28 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1616.44 m = 5303.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.82 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 42.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2082.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.28 mb = 1457.58 m = 4782.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.28 mb = 1814.96 m = 5954.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.28 mb = 12636.63 m = 41458.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2061.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.28 mb = 15131.43 m = 49643.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.9 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 187.9 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 152.64 Bulk Shear: 13.64 m/s