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: 56.91,-110.97 Latitude: 56.91 Longitude: -110.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 953 461 27.1 16.7 53 10.4 19.9 171 9 304.4 306.8 294.8 342.1 12.65 2 950 490 25.8 16.1 55 9.7 19.2 171 8 303.4 305.6 294.2 339.6 12.19 3 900 963 20.9 14.7 68 6.2 16.8 172 14 303.1 305.2 293.9 338.1 11.79 4 850 1454 16.2 13.7 85 2.6 14.6 173 16 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.7 11.65 5 800 1967 11.8 11.2 96 0.7 11.4 177 19 303.7 305.7 293.0 334.9 10.47 6 750 2503 7.4 5.5 87 1.9 6.3 180 16 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.57 7 700 3068 3.9 -7.0 45 10.9 -0.9 185 19 306.8 307.4 287.7 316.9 3.22 8 650 3668 2.5 -20.3 17 22.8 -5.0 179 28 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.7 1.17 9 600 4311 -1.0 -21.6 19 20.6 -7.5 175 31 315.0 315.2 288.3 318.8 1.14 10 550 4997 -6.0 -24.4 22 18.4 -11.2 180 29 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.2 0.96 11 500 5736 -9.9 -33.4 13 23.6 -14.9 185 33 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.46 12 450 6540 -15.4 -41.1 9 25.7 -19.6 182 39 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.23 13 400 7417 -21.8 -50.4 6 28.5 -24.9 182 43 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.09 14 350 8385 -28.9 -59.2 4 30.3 -31.0 179 49 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.04 15 300 9466 -38.7 -52.9 21 14.2 -39.5 179 44 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.09 16 250 10687 -50.0 -59.4 32 9.4 -50.3 174 38 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 12110 -57.2 -63.3 45 6.2 -57.3 179 37 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 13969 -48.8 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 210 25 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.01 19 100 16599 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 220 14 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.21 m Freezing level: 614.36 mb = 4126.32 m = 13537.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.37 mb = 2993.54 m = 9821.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.80 mb = 1770.22 m = 5807.75 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.09 mb = 1787.93 m = 5865.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.46 mb = 1742.80 m = 5717.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.46 mb = 1898.65 m = 6229.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.46 mb = 11605.42 m = 38075.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1036.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.46 mb = 13696.24 m = 44934.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 209.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.8 neg: -6.6 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 41.89 Bulk Shear: 24.82 m/s