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: 56.29,-111.10 Latitude: 56.29 Longitude: -111.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 943 601 27.6 19.4 61 8.2 21.8 323 2 305.8 308.6 296.9 351.4 15.20 3 900 1013 22.2 17.7 76 4.5 19.1 318 2 304.4 307.0 296.0 346.9 14.29 4 850 1507 19.0 10.7 58 8.3 13.7 202 8 306.1 307.9 293.0 334.9 9.57 5 800 2024 14.6 7.7 63 6.9 10.4 212 12 306.7 308.2 292.2 331.7 8.27 6 750 2566 9.4 6.8 84 2.5 7.9 212 13 306.7 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.31 7 700 3134 5.4 2.3 80 3.1 3.7 214 12 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.2 6.45 8 650 3736 1.6 -1.1 82 2.7 0.2 207 11 310.7 311.8 291.0 327.6 5.42 9 600 4377 -2.1 -8.6 61 6.5 -4.9 198 11 313.7 314.3 290.1 324.3 3.32 10 550 5064 -4.5 -37.9 5 33.4 -11.5 199 8 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.27 11 500 5806 -9.8 -36.5 9 26.7 -15.2 208 13 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 12 450 6610 -15.3 -42.6 8 27.4 -19.5 206 16 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.20 13 400 7489 -20.7 -52.6 4 31.9 -24.1 213 15 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.07 14 350 8460 -28.8 -49.8 11 21.0 -30.7 218 16 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.12 15 300 9542 -37.9 -46.1 42 8.2 -38.5 197 11 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.21 16 250 10770 -48.3 -51.9 66 3.6 -48.4 209 17 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12197 -59.4 -63.2 61 3.8 -59.5 245 22 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 18 150 14035 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 249 12 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16639 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.7 283 7 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.80 m Freezing level: 628.63 mb = 4009.78 m = 13155.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.08 mb = 3759.68 m = 12334.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.26 mb = 1636.03 m = 5367.49 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 19.63 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2057.27 m = 6749.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1859.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.75 mb = 1879.05 m = 6164.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.75 mb = 2250.21 m = 7382.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.75 mb = 12566.73 m = 41228.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1831.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.75 mb = 15016.02 m = 49264.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 112.00 Bulk Shear: 16.60 m/s