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: 51.81,-104.99 Latitude: 51.81 Longitude: -104.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 533 SFC 950 533 27.4 20.3 65 7.1 22.3 81 9 305.0 307.9 297.2 352.6 15.95 3 900 1006 21.5 17.3 77 4.2 18.6 97 12 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.2 13.96 4 850 1500 18.1 12.3 69 5.8 14.3 128 12 305.1 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.61 5 800 2016 13.4 10.5 82 2.9 11.6 136 15 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.4 9.98 6 750 2556 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.8 142 20 306.6 307.9 291.4 328.8 7.31 7 700 3124 6.1 -5.3 44 11.4 0.8 163 18 309.2 309.9 289.0 320.8 3.68 8 650 3727 2.3 -3.3 66 5.7 -0.4 170 19 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.1 4.60 9 600 4369 -2.4 -5.0 83 2.5 -3.6 170 20 313.3 314.1 290.9 327.3 4.41 10 550 5054 -6.5 -10.2 75 3.7 -8.1 167 21 316.3 316.9 290.7 326.7 3.19 11 500 5793 -10.6 -17.1 59 6.5 -12.8 165 24 320.1 320.4 290.8 326.8 1.99 12 450 6596 -15.0 -25.7 40 10.6 -17.7 170 30 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.05 13 400 7476 -20.8 -27.3 56 6.5 -22.3 175 31 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.6 1.02 14 350 8448 -28.3 -35.2 51 7.0 -29.3 174 30 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.6 0.54 15 300 9535 -37.2 -42.8 56 5.6 -37.7 171 27 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.29 16 250 10763 -48.6 -55.9 42 7.3 -48.8 194 33 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12188 -59.2 -62.7 64 3.5 -59.3 198 29 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 14026 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 194 26 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16647 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 190 16 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.52 m Freezing level: 625.54 mb = 4041.19 m = 13258.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.24 mb = 3502.01 m = 11489.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.51 mb = 1434.13 m = 4705.11 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 31.81 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.78 mb = 1787.22 m = 5863.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2051.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.84 mb = 1673.49 m = 5490.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.84 mb = 1932.67 m = 6340.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.84 mb = 12588.70 m = 41301.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2018.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.84 mb = 15059.37 m = 49406.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.9 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 186.9 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 49.87 Bulk Shear: 41.14 m/s