MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 50.59,-104.28 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -104.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 525 SFC 937 643 22.0 17.0 73 5.1 18.6 274 3 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.2 13.11 3 900 993 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.9 257 8 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.7 11.55 4 850 1482 15.7 13.0 84 2.7 14.0 250 18 302.6 304.6 293.2 335.6 11.15 5 800 1994 11.7 10.1 90 1.6 10.7 259 25 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.7 9.76 6 750 2531 8.0 6.5 90 1.5 7.1 275 30 305.2 306.7 291.6 329.7 8.13 7 700 3098 4.6 2.7 87 1.9 3.6 279 30 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.0 6.65 8 650 3698 1.3 -1.2 84 2.5 0.1 279 31 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.3 5.41 9 600 4339 -2.0 -6.0 74 4.0 -3.8 277 36 313.8 314.6 290.8 326.8 4.08 10 550 5026 -5.9 -11.0 67 5.1 -8.0 276 36 317.0 317.6 290.8 326.8 2.99 11 500 5766 -10.6 -16.2 64 5.5 -12.5 274 33 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.3 2.16 12 450 6569 -15.5 -20.7 64 5.2 -17.1 276 33 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.3 1.63 13 400 7446 -21.8 -25.0 75 3.2 -22.6 281 33 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.0 1.25 14 350 8414 -29.0 -32.7 70 3.7 -29.6 281 36 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.2 0.70 15 300 9498 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.2 -38.1 277 38 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10723 -49.0 -53.1 62 4.2 -49.1 272 41 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 12167 -52.3 -70.6 9 18.3 -52.7 271 39 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14032 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 241 18 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16633 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 242 10 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.11 m Freezing level: 630.08 mb = 3953.50 m = 12970.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3710.71 m = 12174.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.99 mb = 1282.98 m = 4209.21 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.70 mb = 1819.36 m = 5968.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.90 mb = 1602.99 m = 5259.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.90 mb = 2067.94 m = 6784.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.90 mb = 10909.52 m = 35791.94 ft B at Equ Level: 544.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.90 mb = 12745.92 m = 41816.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.6 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 303.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 8.28 Bulk Shear: 65.96 m/s