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: 57.51,-112.16 Latitude: 57.51 Longitude: -112.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 544 SFC 935 677 21.4 18.7 85 2.7 19.5 304 3 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.3 14.69 3 900 1010 17.5 15.8 90 1.7 16.4 310 4 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.5 12.64 4 850 1499 15.9 12.1 78 3.8 13.5 219 9 302.8 304.8 292.8 334.0 10.52 5 800 2012 12.7 8.7 77 4.0 10.3 220 16 304.7 306.4 292.1 331.3 8.87 6 750 2551 9.2 4.6 73 4.6 6.6 220 19 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.3 7.13 7 700 3119 5.8 -0.5 64 6.3 2.5 221 19 309.0 309.9 290.3 325.3 5.28 8 650 3723 3.0 -5.1 55 8.1 -0.9 228 17 312.3 313.1 290.3 325.0 4.02 9 600 4366 -1.1 -8.0 59 6.9 -4.2 230 14 314.8 315.5 290.6 326.0 3.48 10 550 5054 -5.6 -11.2 64 5.7 -7.8 228 11 317.5 318.0 290.9 327.1 2.94 11 500 5795 -10.4 -26.7 25 16.3 -14.6 236 17 320.4 320.5 289.8 323.4 0.86 12 450 6597 -15.5 -38.4 12 22.8 -19.5 231 21 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.31 13 400 7475 -21.4 -29.9 46 8.5 -23.1 227 24 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 14 350 8446 -28.5 -34.9 54 6.4 -29.5 218 21 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.56 15 300 9529 -37.9 -42.8 60 4.8 -38.4 225 21 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.0 0.29 16 250 10755 -49.4 -53.2 65 3.7 -49.6 228 31 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12179 -58.1 -66.2 34 8.2 -58.2 235 33 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 14021 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 249 14 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16631 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 265 9 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.92 m Freezing level: 613.91 mb = 4187.26 m = 13737.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.64 mb = 3565.98 m = 11699.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.31 mb = 1016.52 m = 3334.99 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 18.21 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1880.41 m = 6169.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.60 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 553.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.66 mb = 1492.12 m = 4895.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.66 mb = 2487.94 m = 8162.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.66 mb = 11408.43 m = 37428.77 ft B at Equ Level: 550.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.66 mb = 13384.78 m = 43912.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 21.23 Bulk Shear: 26.05 m/s