MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 52.53,-108.78 Latitude: 52.53 Longitude: -108.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 523 SFC 935 662 22.0 16.4 70 5.6 18.2 352 2 300.9 303.2 293.8 338.0 12.63 3 900 994 20.7 14.6 68 6.1 16.7 285 5 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.5 11.70 4 850 1485 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 240 13 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.76 5 800 1999 12.0 10.9 93 1.0 11.3 236 16 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.7 10.32 6 750 2536 8.5 1.6 62 6.9 4.8 252 19 305.8 306.9 289.8 323.3 5.74 7 700 3103 5.0 -1.3 64 6.3 1.8 257 21 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.3 4.96 8 650 3703 0.8 -6.3 59 7.0 -2.4 258 20 309.9 310.6 289.2 321.5 3.68 9 600 4341 -3.0 -13.4 44 10.4 -7.0 243 18 312.6 313.0 288.7 320.0 2.26 10 550 5025 -6.7 -30.0 14 23.3 -12.3 228 19 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.2 0.58 11 500 5762 -11.3 -26.6 27 15.3 -15.2 225 20 319.3 319.4 289.5 322.3 0.87 12 450 6562 -16.8 -31.1 28 14.3 -19.8 231 22 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.3 0.63 13 400 7434 -23.3 -40.6 19 17.2 -25.7 233 27 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 14 350 8395 -30.7 -38.3 47 7.6 -31.7 227 37 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.40 15 300 9469 -39.7 -44.3 61 4.7 -40.0 227 38 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 16 250 10687 -50.8 -54.5 64 3.8 -50.9 229 38 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.09 17 200 12118 -52.3 -68.7 12 16.4 -52.7 218 31 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 14001 -48.9 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 196 20 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16627 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 183 13 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.92 m Freezing level: 639.65 mb = 3835.43 m = 12583.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.64 mb = 3354.40 m = 11005.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.59 mb = 1379.04 m = 4524.36 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.74 mb = 1927.69 m = 6324.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.54 mb = 1804.77 m = 5921.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.54 mb = 2066.22 m = 6778.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.54 mb = 11123.71 m = 36494.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.54 mb = 13435.29 m = 44078.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 36.76 Bulk Shear: 29.88 m/s