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: 52.56,-110.80 Latitude: 52.56 Longitude: -110.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 933 692 20.9 18.6 87 2.3 19.3 209 7 299.9 302.6 295.0 342.7 14.62 3 900 1007 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.4 199 7 301.4 303.9 294.4 340.2 13.17 4 850 1497 16.3 13.7 85 2.6 14.6 109 9 303.2 305.3 293.8 337.9 11.69 5 800 2010 12.1 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 99 12 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.4 10.19 6 750 2547 7.9 4.7 80 3.2 6.1 96 19 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.7 7.15 7 700 3113 4.5 -1.2 67 5.6 1.7 98 23 307.5 308.4 289.6 322.9 5.02 8 650 3713 0.6 -1.7 84 2.4 -0.6 97 21 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.8 5.19 9 600 4351 -3.4 -4.6 91 1.3 -4.0 93 20 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.5 4.52 10 550 5036 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.6 100 17 316.8 317.6 291.7 329.8 4.04 11 500 5778 -9.3 -10.6 90 1.4 -9.8 119 17 321.7 322.4 292.5 333.0 3.41 12 450 6586 -14.1 -15.8 87 1.7 -14.7 131 15 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.9 2.47 13 400 7469 -20.1 -22.4 82 2.3 -20.7 143 15 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.5 1.59 14 350 8443 -27.5 -30.3 77 2.8 -28.0 156 15 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.88 15 300 9532 -36.8 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.1 166 18 333.6 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10764 -48.2 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 169 21 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12194 -55.9 -65.4 30 9.5 -56.1 166 23 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14056 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 196 13 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16663 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 217 8 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.70 m Freezing level: 642.10 mb = 3813.53 m = 12511.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.71 mb = 3556.01 m = 11666.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.87 mb = 979.35 m = 3213.04 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1693.93 m = 5557.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 940.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.23 mb = 1504.95 m = 4937.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.23 mb = 1861.06 m = 6105.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.23 mb = 11461.17 m = 37601.81 ft B at Equ Level: 937.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.23 mb = 13875.76 m = 45523.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.7 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 135.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -8.8 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 22.52 Bulk Shear: 41.75 m/s