MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.52,-111.2 Latitude: 55.52 Longitude: -111.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 520 SFC 936 647 28.3 10.9 34 17.4 17.1 203 4 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.7 8.77 3 900 998 25.4 9.7 37 15.7 15.4 189 11 307.7 309.2 292.6 333.2 8.39 4 850 1496 20.7 8.5 45 12.2 13.1 181 13 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.7 8.20 5 800 2015 15.6 7.4 58 8.2 10.6 179 13 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.5 8.12 6 750 2558 10.3 6.5 77 3.8 8.0 178 13 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.5 8.14 7 700 3127 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 174 14 308.1 309.5 292.2 331.6 7.71 8 650 3728 1.1 0.6 96 0.5 0.8 171 17 310.2 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.14 9 600 4369 -2.3 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.9 170 18 313.5 314.4 291.4 328.9 4.87 10 550 5055 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -7.9 170 17 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.0 3.03 11 500 5796 -9.7 -29.5 18 19.8 -14.5 176 18 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.6 0.66 12 450 6601 -15.0 -36.7 14 21.7 -19.0 186 19 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.37 13 400 7481 -20.7 -43.7 11 22.9 -23.8 189 22 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 14 350 8453 -28.2 -49.3 11 21.1 -30.2 189 25 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 15 300 9537 -37.7 -54.7 15 16.9 -38.7 189 27 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 16 250 10764 -48.8 -58.2 33 9.3 -49.1 191 28 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12191 -58.0 -62.6 56 4.5 -58.1 196 23 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 14033 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.1 231 18 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16649 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 248 11 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.41 m Freezing level: 633.84 mb = 3935.11 m = 12910.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3859.46 m = 12662.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.98 mb = 2826.32 m = 9272.60 ft T: 7.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.06 mb = 3009.31 m = 9872.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.48 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.10 mb = 2962.46 m = 9719.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.10 mb = 3137.47 m = 10293.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.10 mb = 5810.15 m = 19061.95 ft B at Equ Level: 75.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.10 mb = 9557.22 m = 31355.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 206.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.36 Bulk Shear: 7.30 m/s