MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 50.48,-105.44 Latitude: 50.48 Longitude: -105.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 524 SFC 944 576 24.7 19.6 73 5.1 21.1 139 13 302.8 305.6 296.3 348.3 15.37 3 900 997 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 140 21 303.2 305.9 295.8 346.2 14.51 4 850 1489 16.5 15.7 95 0.8 16.0 140 23 303.5 305.9 295.0 343.0 13.33 5 800 2003 12.7 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 143 21 304.7 306.7 293.6 336.9 10.77 6 750 2542 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 142 19 306.2 307.7 291.7 330.2 7.94 7 700 3110 5.3 4.3 93 1.0 4.8 165 20 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.2 7.46 8 650 3713 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 175 22 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.57 9 600 4355 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.1 182 20 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.36 10 550 5042 -5.6 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.0 189 19 317.4 318.2 292.1 331.3 4.33 11 500 5785 -9.5 -10.4 93 1.0 -9.9 198 21 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.45 12 450 6594 -13.5 -14.8 90 1.2 -14.0 201 23 326.2 326.8 293.2 335.4 2.70 13 400 7478 -20.2 -24.1 71 4.0 -21.2 199 28 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.6 1.36 14 350 8451 -28.3 -38.8 36 10.5 -29.7 203 31 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.38 15 300 9536 -37.2 -42.5 58 5.3 -37.7 190 31 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 16 250 10767 -48.5 -52.1 66 3.7 -48.6 184 34 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12191 -59.3 -64.6 50 5.3 -59.4 204 40 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 14029 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 194 23 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16644 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 184 18 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.66 m Freezing level: 625.42 mb = 4028.86 m = 13217.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.20 mb = 3986.88 m = 13080.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.40 mb = 1225.53 m = 4020.73 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.05 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1447.58 m = 4749.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.05 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 40.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2117.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.12 mb = 1417.16 m = 4649.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.12 mb = 1467.55 m = 4814.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.12 mb = 12788.96 m = 41958.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2052.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.12 mb = 15354.95 m = 50376.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.7 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 199.7 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 155.24 Bulk Shear: 13.64 m/s