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: 53.58,-108.68 Latitude: 53.58 Longitude: -108.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 523 SFC 933 676 17.7 15.7 88 2.0 16.4 234 5 296.7 298.8 292.2 331.7 12.13 3 900 988 16.9 15.1 89 1.8 15.7 244 17 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.2 12.10 4 850 1473 13.3 11.6 89 1.8 12.2 258 21 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.8 10.12 5 800 1981 10.5 7.6 83 2.8 8.8 253 23 302.3 303.8 290.8 326.8 8.24 6 750 2516 7.5 3.0 73 4.6 5.1 251 23 304.7 305.9 289.9 323.9 6.33 7 700 3082 5.3 -1.7 60 7.1 1.8 252 24 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.3 4.81 8 650 3685 2.4 -6.8 51 9.2 -1.7 257 25 311.7 312.4 289.6 323.0 3.54 9 600 4326 -2.0 -12.5 44 10.5 -6.1 253 24 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.43 10 550 5012 -6.0 -21.2 29 15.2 -10.6 244 24 317.0 317.2 289.2 321.3 1.28 11 500 5750 -11.6 -22.0 42 10.4 -14.6 233 24 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.3 1.31 12 450 6549 -17.0 -32.4 25 15.4 -20.0 233 26 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.9 0.56 13 400 7420 -23.4 -40.4 19 17.0 -25.7 226 26 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 14 350 8381 -31.3 -44.6 26 13.3 -32.6 224 28 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 15 300 9453 -39.8 -55.0 18 15.2 -40.6 227 34 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10670 -50.7 -55.3 59 4.5 -50.9 230 38 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.08 17 200 12109 -50.3 -70.5 7 20.2 -50.8 211 27 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14003 -48.9 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 198 20 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 190 10 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.45 m Freezing level: 622.54 mb = 4036.97 m = 13244.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.72 mb = 3381.35 m = 11093.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.69 mb = 924.01 m = 3031.48 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1532.71 m = 5028.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.07 mb = 1382.66 m = 4536.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.07 mb = 2042.75 m = 6701.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.07 mb = 2804.78 m = 9201.91 ft B at Equ Level: 18.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.07 mb = 11670.37 m = 38288.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 21.52 Bulk Shear: 12.18 m/s