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: 56.77,-111.03 Latitude: 56.77 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 42 SFC 959 410 27.3 16.7 52 10.6 20.1 171 8 304.1 306.4 294.7 341.6 12.60 2 950 490 25.5 15.8 55 9.7 18.9 171 9 303.1 305.3 294.0 338.7 11.99 3 900 962 20.8 14.9 69 5.9 16.8 171 13 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.2 11.89 4 850 1453 16.2 13.5 84 2.7 14.4 172 15 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.3 11.51 5 800 1966 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.3 175 19 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.5 10.32 6 750 2503 7.6 6.1 90 1.6 6.7 176 15 304.9 306.3 291.3 328.6 7.87 7 700 3067 3.6 -4.3 56 7.9 -0.1 186 18 306.4 307.2 288.3 318.7 3.97 8 650 3668 2.3 -21.0 16 23.3 -5.2 177 28 311.6 311.8 287.2 315.3 1.10 9 600 4310 -1.1 -23.9 16 22.8 -7.9 173 31 314.8 315.0 288.1 318.0 0.92 10 550 4997 -5.9 -24.7 21 18.8 -11.2 179 30 317.1 317.2 288.8 320.3 0.94 11 500 5735 -10.0 -26.3 25 16.3 -14.3 185 33 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.89 12 450 6539 -15.4 -39.4 11 23.9 -19.4 181 39 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 13 400 7416 -21.8 -51.2 5 29.3 -24.9 181 43 326.6 326.6 290.9 326.9 0.09 14 350 8384 -28.9 -58.2 4 29.3 -31.0 177 50 329.7 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 15 300 9465 -38.6 -52.3 22 13.7 -39.4 175 44 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.10 16 250 10686 -50.0 -61.9 23 11.9 -50.4 173 38 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.04 17 200 12109 -57.0 -63.2 45 6.3 -57.1 178 37 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13970 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 211 25 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16600 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 219 14 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.45 m Freezing level: 615.94 mb = 4105.13 m = 13468.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.72 mb = 3058.74 m = 10035.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.63 mb = 1740.25 m = 5709.41 ft T: 13.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 26.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.68 mb = 1781.04 m = 5843.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.59 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1024.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.12 mb = 1724.89 m = 5659.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.12 mb = 1880.39 m = 6169.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.12 mb = 11556.17 m = 37913.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1021.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.12 mb = 13628.54 m = 44712.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.4 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 208.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 41.89 Bulk Shear: 24.46 m/s