MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 50.66,-103.01 Latitude: 50.66 Longitude: -103.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 530 SFC 945 577 24.2 19.2 73 5.0 20.6 166 13 302.2 305.0 295.8 346.3 14.94 3 900 1001 19.9 17.4 86 2.5 18.2 163 19 302.0 304.6 295.1 343.5 14.05 4 850 1492 17.0 13.8 81 3.2 14.9 148 18 304.0 306.1 294.0 338.9 11.73 5 800 2007 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.6 141 10 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.2 8.85 6 750 2547 10.2 3.6 63 6.7 6.5 181 7 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.60 7 700 3117 6.2 1.0 69 5.2 3.4 200 10 309.3 310.5 291.0 327.5 5.88 8 650 3721 1.9 -1.2 80 3.1 0.3 204 13 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.40 9 600 4362 -2.0 -4.4 83 2.4 -3.1 202 14 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.4 4.61 10 550 5049 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.3 -6.9 200 15 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.2 3.74 11 500 5789 -10.2 -13.4 78 3.2 -11.4 193 17 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.73 12 450 6593 -15.6 -18.5 78 2.9 -16.5 184 19 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.4 1.97 13 400 7471 -21.5 -24.0 80 2.5 -22.1 179 19 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.9 1.38 14 350 8442 -28.0 -31.0 76 2.9 -28.6 185 18 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.83 15 300 9529 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 188 12 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10762 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 191 20 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12195 -59.1 -63.2 59 4.1 -59.2 202 46 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 14038 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 202 26 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16650 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 190 13 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.58 m Freezing level: 625.60 mb = 4033.62 m = 13233.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.48 mb = 3776.58 m = 12390.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.82 mb = 1215.03 m = 3986.27 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1703.31 m = 5588.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.56 C = 79.80 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1540.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.69 mb = 1464.80 m = 4805.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.69 mb = 2030.99 m = 6663.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.69 mb = 12601.83 m = 41344.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1486.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.69 mb = 14590.11 m = 47867.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 214.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -46.2 tot: -31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 351.51 Bulk Shear: 4.38 m/s