MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.23,-111 Latitude: 56.23 Longitude: -111.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 521 SFC 942 596 27.7 10.7 35 16.9 16.9 143 4 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.1 8.63 3 900 999 25.1 9.2 36 15.9 15.1 159 13 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.13 4 850 1496 20.3 7.8 44 12.5 12.7 164 13 307.5 308.9 292.1 331.3 7.84 5 800 2014 15.3 7.1 58 8.1 10.4 166 13 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.6 7.96 6 750 2557 10.0 6.1 77 3.9 7.7 167 13 307.4 308.9 292.1 331.4 7.89 7 700 3125 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.1 178 13 307.8 309.1 291.6 329.4 7.08 8 650 3726 1.1 -3.4 72 4.4 -1.1 200 10 310.2 311.0 290.1 324.5 4.59 9 600 4366 -2.0 -12.5 45 10.5 -6.1 185 12 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.44 10 550 5052 -5.7 -25.2 20 19.5 -11.1 175 15 317.3 317.4 288.9 320.4 0.90 11 500 5791 -10.7 -28.5 22 17.8 -15.0 173 17 320.0 320.2 289.5 322.6 0.73 12 450 6594 -15.5 -37.7 13 22.1 -19.4 176 23 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.33 13 400 7470 -21.7 -43.3 12 21.6 -24.6 177 28 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.21 14 350 8439 -28.9 -42.3 26 13.5 -30.4 177 32 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.26 15 300 9522 -37.7 -47.4 35 9.8 -38.4 180 32 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 16 250 10751 -48.1 -53.5 53 5.5 -48.3 191 30 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.10 17 200 12188 -56.8 -64.3 38 7.6 -56.9 202 23 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14034 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 233 15 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16647 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 259 9 423.0 423.0 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.70 m Freezing level: 632.73 mb = 3946.62 m = 12948.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.48 mb = 3595.97 m = 11797.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.21 mb = 2720.66 m = 8925.93 ft T: 8.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.20 mb = 3029.21 m = 9938.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.41 mb = 2957.27 m = 9702.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.41 mb = 3132.06 m = 10275.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.41 mb = 6435.94 m = 21115.03 ft B at Equ Level: 39.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 339.41 mb = 8654.76 m = 28394.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 204.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.38 Bulk Shear: 4.22 m/s