MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.61,-110.41 Latitude: 53.61 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 530 SFC 942 602 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.3 352 3 296.6 299.1 293.7 337.4 14.13 3 900 993 15.9 15.0 95 0.9 15.3 114 10 297.9 300.0 292.4 332.7 12.00 4 850 1479 14.4 12.7 89 1.7 13.3 143 21 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.4 10.92 5 800 1990 11.5 9.9 90 1.6 10.5 149 27 303.4 305.1 292.3 332.0 9.61 6 750 2527 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 152 28 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.1 8.21 7 700 3094 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.3 160 27 308.0 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.18 8 650 3696 1.5 0.8 95 0.7 1.1 168 28 310.7 311.9 291.7 330.1 6.25 9 600 4337 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 177 30 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.4 5.28 10 550 5025 -5.3 -5.8 96 0.6 -5.5 180 29 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.4 4.51 11 500 5768 -9.6 -10.7 92 1.1 -10.1 173 28 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.38 12 450 6575 -14.7 -17.3 80 2.6 -15.5 175 26 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.3 2.19 13 400 7455 -20.7 -24.6 71 3.8 -21.7 181 22 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.7 1.31 14 350 8428 -27.8 -31.9 68 4.1 -28.5 174 17 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.0 0.75 15 300 9515 -37.3 -41.0 69 3.6 -37.7 167 18 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.35 16 250 10743 -49.1 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.3 151 22 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12171 -55.6 -64.8 31 9.1 -55.8 166 29 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14032 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 198 19 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16642 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 209 4 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.16 m Freezing level: 628.81 mb = 3967.43 m = 13016.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.61 mb = 3900.22 m = 12795.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.15 mb = 619.76 m = 2033.32 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.66 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1537.34 m = 5043.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.25 C = 73.86 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.24 mb = 1201.42 m = 3941.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.24 mb = 2273.02 m = 7457.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.24 mb = 6519.75 m = 21390.00 ft B at Equ Level: 110.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.24 mb = 11467.50 m = 37622.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.0 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 195.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 68.07 m/s