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: 55.92,-111.47 Latitude: 55.92 Longitude: -111.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 933 693 26.6 19.1 63 7.5 21.2 336 2 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.7 15.03 3 900 1013 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 358 1 304.5 307.2 296.0 346.9 14.22 4 850 1507 19.3 9.9 54 9.4 13.4 184 7 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.6 9.04 5 800 2025 14.7 7.6 62 7.1 10.4 202 12 306.8 308.4 292.2 331.7 8.21 6 750 2566 9.5 6.4 81 3.1 7.7 201 13 306.9 308.4 292.1 331.4 8.09 7 700 3134 5.1 2.3 82 2.9 3.6 210 12 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.9 6.45 8 650 3736 1.2 -1.6 82 2.8 -0.2 187 10 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.7 5.26 9 600 4376 -2.0 -10.4 52 8.4 -5.4 181 11 313.9 314.4 289.7 323.2 2.89 10 550 5064 -4.4 -27.8 14 23.4 -10.6 198 9 318.8 319.0 289.2 321.3 0.70 11 500 5806 -9.8 -38.4 8 28.5 -15.3 193 14 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.28 12 450 6610 -15.0 -46.0 5 31.0 -19.5 196 16 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.14 13 400 7489 -20.5 -49.3 6 28.8 -23.9 206 15 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 14 350 8460 -29.0 -47.4 15 18.4 -30.8 208 16 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9542 -38.1 -45.9 44 7.8 -38.8 198 17 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.21 16 250 10772 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.8 208 17 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12199 -60.8 -64.3 63 3.5 -60.8 233 21 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.03 18 150 14037 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 238 12 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16641 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 268 5 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.01 m Freezing level: 630.61 mb = 3983.84 m = 13070.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3709.50 m = 12170.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.87 mb = 1640.24 m = 5381.30 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 29.38 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.11 mb = 2203.74 m = 7230.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1478.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.77 mb = 2037.61 m = 6684.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.77 mb = 2304.28 m = 7559.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.77 mb = 12739.57 m = 41796.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.77 mb = 14772.19 m = 48464.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 225.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 80.73 Bulk Shear: 18.31 m/s