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: 52.67,-110.24 Latitude: 52.67 Longitude: -110.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 573 SFC 942 646 27.5 12.7 40 14.8 17.8 239 7 305.8 307.6 293.2 335.4 9.86 3 900 1047 22.1 10.6 48 11.5 14.8 240 9 304.3 305.9 292.0 331.1 8.96 4 850 1541 19.4 5.9 41 13.4 11.4 271 9 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.3 6.87 5 800 2057 14.5 4.5 51 10.0 8.8 289 9 306.6 307.9 290.8 326.8 6.61 6 750 2598 9.4 2.9 64 6.5 5.8 295 10 306.8 308.0 290.6 326.1 6.31 7 700 3165 4.0 1.3 83 2.7 2.5 298 10 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.2 6.00 8 650 3763 0.8 -16.5 26 17.3 -5.3 300 8 309.9 310.2 287.1 315.1 1.61 9 600 4401 -2.7 -23.8 18 21.1 -8.8 305 8 313.0 313.1 287.5 316.1 0.93 10 550 5084 -7.1 -29.0 16 21.9 -12.4 310 8 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.9 0.63 11 500 5820 -12.2 -25.5 32 13.3 -15.6 321 11 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.5 0.96 12 450 6614 -19.1 -28.3 44 9.3 -21.0 308 14 319.3 319.4 289.4 322.1 0.82 13 400 7479 -25.1 -27.9 77 2.9 -25.6 292 16 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.96 14 350 8434 -32.9 -36.1 73 3.2 -33.3 281 17 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.50 15 300 9497 -42.4 -45.9 69 3.5 -42.7 271 16 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.21 16 250 10700 -51.3 -57.4 48 6.2 -51.4 280 20 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.07 17 200 12140 -52.6 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 302 24 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13999 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 298 20 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16582 -56.8 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 299 14 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.26 m Freezing level: 638.67 mb = 3907.33 m = 12819.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.71 mb = 3354.63 m = 11005.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.27 mb = 2495.01 m = 8185.61 ft T: 10.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.95 mb = 2899.56 m = 9512.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.75 mb = 2721.98 m = 8930.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.75 mb = 3120.61 m = 10238.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.75 mb = 10863.17 m = 35639.87 ft B at Equ Level: 486.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.75 mb = 12344.75 m = 40500.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 54.38 Bulk Shear: 9.21 m/s