MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 57.06,-111.03 Latitude: 57.06 Longitude: -111.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 951 478 22.5 18.1 76 4.5 19.5 38 2 299.9 302.5 294.4 340.4 13.85 2 950 492 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.7 42 2 300.5 303.0 294.7 341.5 14.01 3 900 964 23.6 11.1 45 12.5 15.5 162 12 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.6 9.23 4 850 1460 19.6 7.6 46 12.0 12.3 187 18 306.7 308.1 291.7 330.1 7.71 5 800 1977 14.8 6.5 57 8.3 9.9 183 18 306.9 308.3 291.7 330.0 7.60 6 750 2518 9.6 5.4 75 4.2 7.2 179 17 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.8 7.51 7 700 3086 4.6 2.2 84 2.4 3.3 173 20 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.2 6.41 8 650 3686 0.9 -9.5 46 10.4 -3.4 168 24 310.0 310.5 288.4 319.1 2.85 9 600 4326 -1.6 -19.7 24 18.2 -7.5 179 27 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.8 1.33 10 550 5013 -5.2 -7.7 83 2.5 -6.3 192 30 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.90 11 500 5757 -9.9 -10.1 98 0.2 -10.0 194 30 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.6 3.54 12 450 6562 -15.4 -17.8 82 2.4 -16.2 189 31 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.0 2.10 13 400 7440 -21.1 -29.1 48 8.0 -22.8 193 35 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.7 0.86 14 350 8412 -28.1 -48.1 13 19.9 -30.1 193 34 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 15 300 9496 -37.5 -53.7 17 16.2 -38.5 189 35 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.09 16 250 10725 -48.8 -57.6 35 8.9 -49.1 180 31 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 17 200 12149 -59.3 -63.3 59 4.0 -59.3 184 28 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13988 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 216 21 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 19 100 16604 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 228 11 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.78 m Freezing level: 631.74 mb = 3919.54 m = 12859.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.51 mb = 3374.32 m = 11070.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.39 mb = 1047.59 m = 3436.95 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 22.75 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.59 mb = 2511.72 m = 8240.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.46 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.98 mb = 2232.71 m = 7325.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.98 mb = 2729.69 m = 8955.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.98 mb = 10959.12 m = 35954.67 ft B at Equ Level: 246.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.98 mb = 12787.79 m = 41954.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.8 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 212.8 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 6.82 Bulk Shear: 36.52 m/s