MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.30,-110.67 Latitude: 52.30 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 96 1 950 544 SFC 933 703 18.9 18.6 98 0.3 18.7 229 4 297.9 300.6 294.4 340.3 14.60 3 900 1009 17.2 16.7 97 0.5 16.9 196 3 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.4 13.41 4 850 1496 14.7 12.7 88 2.0 13.4 85 13 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.6 10.90 5 800 2006 11.0 8.5 85 2.5 9.5 83 19 302.8 304.4 291.4 328.8 8.71 6 750 2542 7.8 5.1 83 2.6 6.3 91 22 305.0 306.4 290.9 327.3 7.38 7 700 3108 4.4 2.5 87 1.9 3.4 99 23 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.4 6.56 8 650 3708 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 104 22 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.1 5.97 9 600 4348 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.5 115 21 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.0 5.22 10 550 5036 -5.2 -6.1 93 0.9 -5.6 127 20 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.1 4.41 11 500 5780 -9.1 -10.3 90 1.3 -9.6 144 18 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.5 3.48 12 450 6588 -14.1 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.7 155 17 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.8 2.47 13 400 7471 -20.2 -22.5 82 2.3 -20.8 166 16 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.57 14 350 8445 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.8 -28.2 169 15 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.86 15 300 9534 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 160 14 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10765 -48.2 -51.7 67 3.5 -48.3 144 13 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12196 -55.3 -66.6 23 11.4 -55.5 155 21 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14059 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 197 13 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16666 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 211 7 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.49 m Freezing level: 639.43 mb = 3843.01 m = 12608.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.53 mb = 3787.67 m = 12426.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.21 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.96 mb = 736.69 m = 2416.92 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 12.99 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1494.02 m = 4901.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.28 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.91 mb = 1318.23 m = 4324.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.91 mb = 1666.91 m = 5468.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.91 mb = 10949.56 m = 35923.31 ft B at Equ Level: 410.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.91 mb = 12774.33 m = 41910.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.9 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 143.9 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.8 neg: -2.1 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 9.59 Bulk Shear: 42.79 m/s