MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.34,-113.06 Latitude: 56.34 Longitude: -113.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 506 SFC 941 589 17.5 16.7 95 0.8 17.0 328 6 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.6 12.82 3 900 968 15.1 14.9 99 0.2 15.0 355 17 297.0 299.2 292.1 331.5 11.91 4 850 1452 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 62 14 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.8 11.41 5 800 1961 10.8 10.7 100 0.1 10.7 113 15 302.7 304.5 292.5 332.9 10.18 6 750 2497 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 158 23 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.7 8.64 7 700 3063 3.6 2.5 93 1.1 3.0 169 29 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.4 6.57 8 650 3661 0.4 -3.2 77 3.5 -1.3 166 27 309.4 310.3 289.9 323.9 4.66 9 600 4300 -2.1 -12.0 47 9.9 -6.0 172 30 313.6 314.1 289.3 321.9 2.53 10 550 4985 -6.7 -16.4 46 9.7 -10.0 178 33 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.6 1.94 11 500 5723 -11.0 -13.8 80 2.8 -12.1 181 30 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.63 12 450 6526 -15.5 -22.1 57 6.6 -17.4 184 29 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.7 1.45 13 400 7405 -20.8 -41.7 14 20.9 -23.8 187 41 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 14 350 8374 -29.2 -48.7 14 19.4 -31.0 184 45 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.13 15 300 9454 -38.5 -54.3 17 15.8 -39.4 184 42 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.08 16 250 10676 -49.8 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 177 45 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 17 200 12099 -58.2 -63.6 50 5.4 -58.3 182 43 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13960 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 205 26 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16603 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.7 214 13 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.29 m Freezing level: 642.52 mb = 3756.51 m = 12324.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.31 mb = 3472.94 m = 11394.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.07 mb = 687.40 m = 2255.22 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1086.10 m = 3563.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.52 C = 67.14 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.13 mb = 1099.16 m = 3606.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.13 mb = 2159.50 m = 7084.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.13 mb = 6674.37 m = 21897.27 ft B at Equ Level: 181.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.13 mb = 12062.56 m = 39574.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 197.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.0 neg: -13.7 tot: 340.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 193.85 m/s