MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 55.18,-112.92 Latitude: 55.18 Longitude: -112.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 537 SFC 942 614 27.4 18.2 57 9.2 20.9 32 4 305.8 308.4 296.2 348.1 14.10 3 900 1011 21.7 16.7 73 5.0 18.3 39 5 303.9 306.4 295.2 343.8 13.42 4 850 1504 17.9 12.1 69 5.8 14.1 137 6 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.3 10.49 5 800 2021 14.3 8.7 69 5.6 10.8 175 10 306.4 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.84 6 750 2561 9.2 7.0 86 2.2 7.9 175 10 306.6 308.1 292.3 332.0 8.42 7 700 3129 4.8 2.3 84 2.4 3.5 173 13 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.7 6.49 8 650 3729 1.0 -4.2 68 5.1 -1.4 156 13 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.6 4.32 9 600 4369 -1.6 -14.4 37 12.8 -6.4 152 12 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.2 2.09 10 550 5057 -5.2 -33.4 9 28.3 -11.6 167 15 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.4 0.41 11 500 5797 -9.9 -37.1 9 27.1 -15.3 172 19 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 12 450 6602 -14.6 -42.5 7 27.9 -19.1 179 20 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.20 13 400 7483 -20.5 -47.6 7 27.2 -23.8 192 22 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 14 350 8454 -28.8 -51.9 9 23.2 -30.7 201 21 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9537 -37.7 -46.1 41 8.4 -38.4 201 14 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.0 0.21 16 250 10766 -48.0 -52.2 62 4.2 -48.1 195 22 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12194 -59.7 -63.2 64 3.5 -59.8 211 24 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.04 18 150 14035 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 222 15 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 219 5 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.01 m Freezing level: 630.86 mb = 3973.97 m = 13037.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.68 mb = 3548.31 m = 11641.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.21 mb = 1777.10 m = 5830.31 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 28.63 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 2076.05 m = 6811.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.46 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.55 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1498.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.82 mb = 1864.39 m = 6116.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.82 mb = 2234.79 m = 7331.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.82 mb = 12528.65 m = 41103.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1463.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.82 mb = 14487.16 m = 47529.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 195.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -3.4 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 45.81 Bulk Shear: 32.71 m/s