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: 55.86,-112.79 Latitude: 55.86 Longitude: -112.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 543 SFC 949 554 26.0 18.3 62 7.7 20.6 345 3 303.7 306.3 295.6 345.4 14.05 3 900 1014 19.7 16.7 82 3.1 17.7 349 3 301.9 304.3 294.6 341.3 13.36 4 850 1504 17.1 12.0 72 5.1 13.8 209 5 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.2 10.43 5 800 2020 13.9 9.1 73 4.8 10.9 212 14 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.4 9.10 6 750 2561 9.4 5.8 78 3.6 7.3 207 16 306.8 308.3 291.8 330.3 7.75 7 700 3129 5.3 0.1 69 5.2 2.6 203 15 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.3 5.51 8 650 3730 1.3 -2.5 76 3.8 -0.6 190 12 310.4 311.4 290.5 325.8 4.91 9 600 4371 -1.9 -10.5 52 8.7 -5.4 183 11 314.0 314.5 289.8 323.2 2.86 10 550 5058 -5.3 -23.4 23 18.1 -10.6 191 12 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.4 1.05 11 500 5798 -10.3 -38.3 8 28.0 -15.5 193 18 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.28 12 450 6602 -14.9 -48.9 4 33.9 -19.5 193 20 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.10 13 400 7481 -20.8 -47.5 7 26.7 -24.1 204 22 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.13 14 350 8452 -29.1 -46.7 17 17.6 -30.9 210 25 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 15 300 9535 -37.5 -47.8 34 10.3 -38.2 222 16 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 16 250 10764 -48.2 -55.4 43 7.2 -48.4 208 23 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 17 200 12191 -59.5 -63.2 62 3.6 -59.6 213 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 18 150 14032 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 225 14 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16641 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 236 6 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.38 m Freezing level: 629.32 mb = 3995.12 m = 13107.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.95 mb = 3619.34 m = 11874.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.38 mb = 1530.73 m = 5022.03 ft T: 16.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.09 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1982.74 m = 6504.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.25 mb = 1622.82 m = 5324.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.25 mb = 2304.82 m = 7561.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.25 mb = 12410.80 m = 40717.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1224.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.25 mb = 14327.83 m = 47006.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -15.1 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 40.03 Bulk Shear: 31.26 m/s