MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 57.00,-113.16 Latitude: 57.00 Longitude: -113.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 1 950 458 SFC 939 555 21.6 18.9 84 2.7 19.7 50 5 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.3 14.76 3 900 924 17.5 16.1 92 1.4 16.6 68 10 299.6 301.9 293.7 337.4 12.93 4 850 1412 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.6 132 20 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.3 10.87 5 800 1924 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.0 145 26 303.5 305.3 292.7 333.8 10.19 6 750 2461 7.9 7.0 94 0.9 7.4 148 28 305.2 306.7 291.9 330.5 8.41 7 700 3028 4.5 2.9 89 1.7 3.6 153 32 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.1 6.74 8 650 3628 1.3 -0.2 90 1.5 0.5 160 35 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.6 5.82 9 600 4269 -2.1 -3.6 90 1.5 -2.9 167 32 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.88 10 550 4956 -6.3 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 171 29 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.24 11 500 5696 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.9 170 31 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.7 3.07 12 450 6503 -14.4 -19.3 66 4.9 -15.9 176 33 325.2 325.5 292.1 331.5 1.84 13 400 7382 -21.6 -33.2 34 11.7 -23.7 181 33 326.9 327.1 291.5 329.1 0.58 14 350 8352 -28.4 -41.1 28 12.7 -30.0 175 29 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.30 15 300 9436 -37.8 -44.7 48 6.9 -38.4 184 29 332.1 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.24 16 250 10662 -48.8 -53.3 60 4.4 -49.0 176 37 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 17 200 12088 -57.6 -64.8 39 7.2 -57.8 179 43 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 13950 -48.8 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.5 205 28 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.01 19 100 16587 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 211 15 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.29 m Freezing level: 630.71 mb = 3875.48 m = 12714.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.95 mb = 3728.03 m = 12230.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.59 mb = 899.59 m = 2951.36 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1507.86 m = 4946.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.90 C = 75.03 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 754.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.30 mb = 1289.67 m = 4231.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.30 mb = 1743.41 m = 5719.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.30 mb = 11270.47 m = 36976.15 ft B at Equ Level: 754.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.30 mb = 13243.51 m = 43449.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.0 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 189.0 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 113.89 m/s