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: 55.38,-112.00 Latitude: 55.38 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 537 SFC 934 689 26.8 18.6 61 8.1 21.0 28 2 305.8 308.6 296.5 349.7 14.63 3 900 1012 22.4 17.2 72 5.2 18.8 41 2 304.6 307.1 295.7 345.8 13.82 4 850 1507 19.1 10.2 56 8.9 13.5 163 6 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.1 9.24 5 800 2024 14.6 8.0 64 6.7 10.6 184 10 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.2 8.42 6 750 2565 9.5 6.8 83 2.7 7.9 181 11 306.9 308.4 292.3 332.0 8.28 7 700 3133 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 3.0 175 11 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.5 6.09 8 650 3733 0.9 -9.5 46 10.4 -3.4 154 12 309.9 310.5 288.4 319.0 2.85 9 600 4373 -0.8 -24.8 14 24.0 -7.8 162 12 315.2 315.4 288.1 318.1 0.85 10 550 5062 -4.4 -40.0 4 35.6 -11.5 174 12 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.21 11 500 5803 -10.0 -38.8 7 28.8 -15.4 175 16 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.27 12 450 6608 -14.7 -46.6 5 31.9 -19.3 180 16 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.13 13 400 7488 -20.5 -47.5 7 27.0 -23.8 192 16 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 14 350 8459 -29.0 -46.8 16 17.8 -30.7 196 17 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 15 300 9541 -37.9 -45.9 43 8.1 -38.5 201 18 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.21 16 250 10772 -47.6 -51.1 68 3.4 -47.8 209 17 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12200 -60.4 -63.8 64 3.5 -60.4 221 19 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 18 150 14038 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 235 13 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16644 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 244 5 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.30 m Freezing level: 623.89 mb = 4067.21 m = 13343.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3407.56 m = 11179.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.60 mb = 1713.90 m = 5622.98 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 31.57 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.32 mb = 2211.15 m = 7254.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 36.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1355.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.24 mb = 2052.83 m = 6734.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.24 mb = 2319.98 m = 7611.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.24 mb = 12452.73 m = 40854.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.24 mb = 14380.00 m = 47177.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.4 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 201.4 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 63.18 Bulk Shear: 21.46 m/s