MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.70,-110.31 Latitude: 53.70 Longitude: -110.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 504 SFC 940 598 18.1 18.1 100 -0.0 18.1 108 6 296.5 299.0 293.6 337.0 14.05 3 900 968 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 151 19 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.31 4 850 1454 13.9 13.7 99 0.1 13.8 178 19 300.7 302.8 293.0 335.0 11.68 5 800 1964 11.8 9.4 86 2.3 10.3 179 21 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.5 9.32 6 750 2503 8.8 6.5 85 2.3 7.5 187 20 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.7 8.12 7 700 3071 5.7 3.3 84 2.4 4.4 190 19 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.1 6.94 8 650 3674 2.3 -0.5 82 2.8 0.8 189 19 311.6 312.7 291.5 329.3 5.68 9 600 4317 -1.5 -4.0 83 2.5 -2.7 184 19 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.5 4.75 10 550 5005 -5.5 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 174 18 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.2 3.91 11 500 5747 -9.6 -14.9 65 5.4 -11.5 174 16 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.4 2.40 12 450 6554 -14.6 -22.8 50 8.2 -16.9 181 15 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.7 1.36 13 400 7434 -21.1 -32.1 36 11.0 -23.2 180 14 327.5 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.65 14 350 8404 -28.7 -40.1 32 11.4 -30.2 172 16 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.33 15 300 9487 -37.8 -43.9 53 6.0 -38.4 171 20 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.26 16 250 10714 -48.3 -52.5 62 4.2 -48.5 154 26 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12153 -55.0 -64.2 31 9.2 -55.2 167 30 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14014 -50.4 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 191 16 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16629 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 213 8 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.33 m Freezing level: 619.54 mb = 4065.67 m = 13338.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3823.26 m = 12543.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.21 mb = 593.54 m = 1947.29 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 8.20 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1137.97 m = 3733.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.99 C = 69.79 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.36 mb = 1088.59 m = 3571.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.36 mb = 1233.58 m = 4047.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.36 mb = 10914.21 m = 35807.35 ft B at Equ Level: 459.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.36 mb = 12749.78 m = 41829.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.9 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 208.9 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 34.32 Bulk Shear: 13.42 m/s