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: 56.17,-112.26 Latitude: 56.17 Longitude: -112.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 543 SFC 949 551 25.5 18.6 65 6.9 20.6 316 3 303.1 305.8 295.6 345.5 14.31 3 900 1014 19.7 17.0 84 2.7 17.8 316 3 301.8 304.3 294.8 342.0 13.63 4 850 1505 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.2 207 8 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.76 5 800 2021 13.9 9.9 76 4.1 11.4 211 14 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.9 9.59 6 750 2561 9.6 5.9 77 3.8 7.4 207 17 307.0 308.5 291.9 330.6 7.76 7 700 3130 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.6 212 15 308.3 309.5 291.1 328.0 6.39 8 650 3731 1.7 -5.3 60 7.0 -1.6 204 14 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.4 3.96 9 600 4372 -1.8 -9.2 57 7.4 -5.0 196 12 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.3 3.17 10 550 5060 -5.1 -25.2 19 20.0 -10.8 201 10 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.1 0.90 11 500 5801 -10.2 -42.0 5 31.8 -15.7 198 16 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.3 0.19 12 450 6605 -15.2 -48.5 4 33.3 -19.7 200 18 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.10 13 400 7483 -20.8 -50.0 5 29.2 -24.2 204 19 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.10 14 350 8453 -29.3 -43.0 25 13.7 -30.8 208 23 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.2 0.25 15 300 9535 -37.4 -40.8 70 3.4 -37.7 204 17 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.36 16 250 10768 -48.0 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.2 208 17 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12193 -60.0 -63.8 61 3.8 -60.1 221 26 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.04 18 150 14032 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 235 13 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16640 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 253 6 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.61 m Freezing level: 625.80 mb = 4041.65 m = 13259.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.15 mb = 3544.40 m = 11628.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.72 mb = 1427.23 m = 4682.45 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 22.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1915.30 m = 6283.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1396.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.71 mb = 1567.98 m = 5144.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.71 mb = 2246.54 m = 7370.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.71 mb = 12564.42 m = 41221.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1350.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.71 mb = 14535.23 m = 47687.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -6.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 53.66 Bulk Shear: 26.02 m/s