MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 52.33,-110.27 Latitude: 52.33 Longitude: -110.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 574 SFC 938 683 28.0 12.3 38 15.7 17.7 240 7 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.7 9.63 3 900 1049 22.9 11.0 47 11.9 15.3 240 9 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.6 9.17 4 850 1543 19.2 6.5 44 12.7 11.7 264 11 306.2 307.6 291.2 328.0 7.17 5 800 2059 14.5 4.7 52 9.8 8.9 285 10 306.6 307.9 290.9 327.1 6.73 6 750 2600 9.4 3.3 66 6.1 6.1 293 10 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.6 6.50 7 700 3167 4.2 2.2 87 1.9 3.1 301 12 307.1 308.3 290.8 326.7 6.43 8 650 3765 0.4 -14.2 33 14.5 -5.0 305 10 309.4 309.7 287.3 315.7 1.96 9 600 4402 -2.7 -28.0 12 25.2 -9.3 302 9 313.0 313.1 287.1 315.2 0.64 10 550 5086 -7.1 -29.4 15 22.4 -12.5 305 9 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.8 0.61 11 500 5822 -12.0 -26.4 29 14.4 -15.6 315 11 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.5 0.89 12 450 6617 -18.7 -30.6 34 11.9 -21.1 304 14 319.7 319.9 289.4 322.1 0.66 13 400 7483 -24.8 -34.5 40 9.7 -26.3 286 16 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.51 14 350 8438 -33.1 -37.9 62 4.7 -33.7 271 17 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.42 15 300 9500 -42.5 -46.0 68 3.5 -42.7 272 15 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.21 16 250 10705 -50.9 -58.2 42 7.3 -51.1 279 20 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12144 -53.0 -70.3 11 17.3 -53.4 303 23 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14003 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 300 19 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16586 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 302 12 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.64 m Freezing level: 644.25 mb = 3838.31 m = 12592.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.81 mb = 3391.26 m = 11126.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.41 mb = 2639.43 m = 8659.43 ft T: 9.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.75 mb = 2904.08 m = 9527.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.63 mb = 2770.17 m = 9088.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.63 mb = 3054.74 m = 10021.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.63 mb = 10714.30 m = 35151.47 ft B at Equ Level: 594.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.63 mb = 12488.56 m = 40972.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 60.98 Bulk Shear: 9.76 m/s