MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 52.33,-106.41 Latitude: 52.33 Longitude: -106.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 953 498 15.2 14.3 95 0.8 14.7 316 6 292.3 294.2 289.7 323.1 10.83 2 950 524 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 315 6 292.2 294.2 289.6 323.0 10.83 3 900 981 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 9 6 295.6 297.6 290.9 327.2 10.95 4 850 1464 12.7 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 267 7 299.5 301.4 292.0 330.9 10.75 5 800 1972 10.1 9.7 97 0.4 9.9 263 5 302.0 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.52 6 750 2507 7.4 6.8 96 0.6 7.1 267 5 304.6 306.2 291.6 329.5 8.29 7 700 3073 4.6 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 285 6 307.6 308.8 291.3 328.4 6.84 8 650 3674 1.4 -1.0 84 2.4 0.1 296 9 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.48 9 600 4315 -1.8 -8.6 60 6.8 -4.7 293 8 314.0 314.6 290.2 324.7 3.33 10 550 5002 -5.4 -14.4 49 9.0 -8.7 272 7 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.3 2.29 11 500 5743 -10.3 -13.0 81 2.7 -11.3 241 4 320.5 321.0 291.7 329.8 2.82 12 450 6547 -15.6 -17.5 86 1.9 -16.2 146 7 323.6 324.0 292.0 330.9 2.16 13 400 7425 -21.1 -28.1 53 7.1 -22.6 141 10 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.0 0.94 14 350 8398 -27.6 -39.6 31 12.0 -29.2 180 14 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.35 15 300 9486 -36.6 -43.3 50 6.7 -37.2 164 28 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.28 16 250 10721 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 162 34 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12150 -59.0 -62.3 66 3.3 -59.1 170 37 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14000 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 214 15 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16626 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 196 14 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.15 m Freezing level: 628.58 mb = 3948.36 m = 12953.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.59 mb = 3691.14 m = 12109.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.14 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.22 mb = 602.34 m = 1976.15 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1490.81 m = 4891.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.36 C = 72.24 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7094.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.21 mb = 997.72 m = 3273.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -8.6 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 5.06 m/s