MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 57.77,-111.13 Latitude: 57.77 Longitude: -111.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 973 271 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.7 290 11 294.7 297.2 292.9 334.4 13.88 2 950 476 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 298 22 294.6 296.9 292.1 331.4 12.86 3 900 937 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 307 24 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.6 11.84 4 850 1421 13.0 12.4 96 0.6 12.6 279 11 299.8 301.7 292.0 331.1 10.69 5 800 1929 10.7 10.2 96 0.5 10.4 191 12 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.6 9.79 6 750 2466 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.9 173 24 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.9 8.83 7 700 3033 5.0 4.6 98 0.4 4.8 168 32 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.3 7.64 8 650 3635 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 1.0 172 37 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.6 6.25 9 600 4275 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.6 175 40 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.22 10 550 4962 -5.9 -6.6 95 0.7 -6.2 177 40 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.7 4.24 11 500 5703 -9.8 -10.9 91 1.2 -10.2 179 39 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.1 3.32 12 450 6509 -14.8 -16.5 87 1.7 -15.4 181 39 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.6 2.35 13 400 7390 -21.2 -23.5 82 2.3 -21.8 183 36 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.5 1.44 14 350 8359 -28.8 -31.9 75 3.1 -29.3 186 31 329.9 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.76 15 300 9443 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.2 -38.3 199 26 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.35 16 250 10668 -49.1 -52.8 65 3.7 -49.3 208 28 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12092 -57.7 -62.8 52 5.1 -57.8 200 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13965 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 215 29 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16613 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.8 225 17 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.94 m Freezing level: 633.65 mb = 3844.20 m = 12612.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.39 mb = 3804.11 m = 12480.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.06 mb = 368.01 m = 1207.37 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 859.68 m = 2820.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.47 mb = 782.46 m = 2567.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.47 mb = 3015.99 m = 9894.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.47 mb = 5228.53 m = 17153.75 ft B at Equ Level: 49.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.47 mb = 7178.14 m = 23550.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 9.1 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.8 neg: -57.2 tot: 95.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 238.17 m/s