MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.64,-110.41 Latitude: 52.64 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 525 SFC 935 661 21.7 16.7 73 5.1 18.3 274 7 300.6 302.9 293.9 338.3 12.87 3 900 991 17.1 14.4 84 2.7 15.4 271 10 299.2 301.3 292.5 332.9 11.54 4 850 1476 13.7 10.0 78 3.8 11.4 263 15 300.5 302.2 290.9 327.3 9.08 5 800 1985 10.6 7.0 79 3.6 8.5 262 16 302.4 303.9 290.5 325.9 7.87 6 750 2520 7.4 3.8 78 3.6 5.4 271 17 304.6 305.8 290.2 324.8 6.70 7 700 3085 4.5 -0.5 70 4.9 2.0 275 23 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.7 5.28 8 650 3685 1.0 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.5 272 29 310.1 311.0 289.8 323.5 4.27 9 600 4325 -2.4 -7.9 66 5.4 -4.8 270 32 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.6 3.52 10 550 5009 -7.1 -14.4 56 7.4 -9.7 265 32 315.7 316.1 289.7 323.2 2.27 11 500 5745 -12.1 -14.8 80 2.8 -13.0 260 27 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.3 2.42 12 450 6543 -17.8 -21.0 76 3.2 -18.7 247 22 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.2 1.59 13 400 7411 -24.0 -33.1 43 9.2 -25.5 233 19 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.59 14 350 8371 -31.4 -41.4 36 10.1 -32.4 228 18 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.29 15 300 9442 -40.8 -51.2 32 10.5 -41.3 223 20 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.11 16 250 10653 -50.8 -57.4 45 6.6 -51.0 221 24 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 17 200 12101 -47.5 -75.0 3 27.5 -48.1 187 29 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 18 150 14000 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 189 24 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16627 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 182 14 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.32 m Freezing level: 634.95 mb = 3877.66 m = 12721.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.75 mb = 3418.58 m = 11215.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 24.14 C = 75.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.14 mb = 1296.74 m = 4254.34 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1766.38 m = 5795.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.34 mb = 1572.01 m = 5157.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.34 mb = 2244.35 m = 7363.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.34 mb = 10775.14 m = 35351.09 ft B at Equ Level: 362.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.34 mb = 11930.19 m = 39140.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.13 Bulk Shear: 26.63 m/s