MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 57.68,-111.5 Latitude: 57.68 Longitude: -111.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 968 308 27.0 18.4 59 8.6 20.9 76 4 303.0 305.5 295.3 344.0 13.85 2 950 469 24.9 17.2 62 7.8 19.6 76 6 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.2 13.07 3 900 940 20.2 16.3 78 4.0 17.5 83 8 302.4 304.8 294.6 340.9 13.04 4 850 1431 15.7 15.1 97 0.6 15.3 91 10 302.6 304.9 294.4 340.5 12.82 5 800 1944 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 125 14 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.8 11.23 6 750 2483 8.8 8.6 99 0.2 8.7 154 18 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.6 9.42 7 700 3052 5.2 4.4 94 0.8 4.8 170 21 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.3 7.52 8 650 3653 1.4 -0.4 88 1.7 0.4 181 26 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.3 5.73 9 600 4293 -2.3 -12.5 46 10.2 -6.2 183 30 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.4 2.44 10 550 4978 -6.1 -20.6 31 14.4 -10.6 183 32 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.4 1.35 11 500 5717 -10.9 -14.5 75 3.6 -12.2 186 37 319.8 320.2 291.2 328.1 2.50 12 450 6521 -15.3 -23.7 49 8.3 -17.6 188 42 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.26 13 400 7399 -21.4 -45.1 10 23.7 -24.4 187 47 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 14 350 8368 -29.0 -55.0 6 26.0 -31.0 187 51 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.06 15 300 9448 -39.0 -48.5 36 9.4 -39.7 183 58 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10669 -49.8 -65.0 15 15.3 -50.1 184 50 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.02 17 200 12094 -56.3 -64.2 36 8.0 -56.4 189 47 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 13962 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 217 28 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16605 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.3 221 18 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.49 m Freezing level: 631.44 mb = 3890.52 m = 12764.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.78 mb = 3692.51 m = 12114.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.51 mb = 1395.56 m = 4578.57 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 22.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1477.73 m = 4848.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 26.02 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1552.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.54 mb = 1445.49 m = 4742.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.54 mb = 1596.42 m = 5237.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.54 mb = 11982.12 m = 39310.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1532.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.54 mb = 14249.39 m = 46749.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.9 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 202.9 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 19.48 Bulk Shear: 79.69 m/s