MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.23,-112.96 Latitude: 56.23 Longitude: -112.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 499 SFC 940 587 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.1 322 8 294.8 297.0 291.6 329.5 12.10 3 900 958 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 337 22 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.3 10.98 4 850 1440 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 22 16 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.9 10.76 5 800 1948 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 109 8 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.2 10.03 6 750 2484 7.5 7.3 99 0.2 7.4 152 17 304.8 306.3 291.9 330.6 8.61 7 700 3050 4.3 3.8 97 0.5 4.1 159 20 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.3 7.22 8 650 3651 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.6 172 20 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.7 5.98 9 600 4291 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 175 23 312.8 313.7 291.3 328.6 5.03 10 550 4976 -6.5 -6.8 98 0.3 -6.7 179 25 316.3 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.17 11 500 5715 -10.9 -11.1 98 0.3 -11.0 175 31 319.8 320.4 291.9 330.5 3.27 12 450 6519 -15.5 -15.8 98 0.3 -15.6 173 36 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.1 2.48 13 400 7395 -22.3 -22.9 95 0.5 -22.5 170 39 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.3 1.52 14 350 8362 -29.4 -32.9 71 3.6 -29.9 176 45 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.68 15 300 9443 -38.5 -47.0 40 8.5 -39.1 174 54 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 16 250 10664 -50.1 -56.2 48 6.1 -50.3 174 52 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 12088 -56.6 -65.2 33 8.5 -56.8 177 45 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 13961 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 210 27 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16598 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 205 16 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.38 m Freezing level: 636.18 mb = 3827.92 m = 12558.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3754.24 m = 12316.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.49 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.75 mb = 673.17 m = 2208.53 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.94 mb = 949.48 m = 3115.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.39 C = 63.30 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.87 mb = 1091.71 m = 3581.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.87 mb = 1139.39 m = 3738.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.87 mb = 1235.57 m = 4053.66 ft B at Equ Level: 22.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 790.87 mb = 2043.69 m = 6704.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 198.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.6 neg: -18.4 tot: 286.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 194.10 m/s