MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.32,-111.7 Latitude: 56.32 Longitude: -111.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 1 950 439 SFC 935 577 23.8 17.6 68 6.2 19.5 167 8 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.2 13.69 3 900 910 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.1 167 14 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.3 12.44 4 850 1401 15.6 14.3 92 1.2 14.7 166 16 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.4 12.16 5 800 1912 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 165 19 303.1 305.0 292.8 334.0 10.40 6 750 2449 8.0 7.5 97 0.5 7.7 173 21 305.2 306.9 292.1 331.5 8.72 7 700 3016 5.1 3.9 92 1.2 4.4 173 21 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.2 7.23 8 650 3618 1.9 -0.0 87 2.0 0.9 164 21 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.5 5.89 9 600 4261 -1.2 -4.9 76 3.6 -2.9 159 22 314.7 315.6 291.4 328.9 4.45 10 550 4950 -4.7 -20.3 28 15.6 -9.7 166 23 318.6 318.8 289.8 323.3 1.38 11 500 5693 -9.3 -33.4 12 24.1 -14.5 168 29 321.8 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.46 12 450 6498 -15.4 -40.1 10 24.6 -19.5 163 32 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.26 13 400 7374 -21.9 -49.2 7 27.3 -25.0 160 36 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.11 14 350 8341 -29.7 -49.3 13 19.6 -31.5 161 41 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9420 -38.5 -47.0 40 8.5 -39.1 160 47 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10643 -49.1 -54.7 52 5.5 -49.3 157 49 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12084 -51.8 -71.7 7 19.9 -52.2 164 39 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13970 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 202 27 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16607 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 207 15 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.75 m Freezing level: 619.19 mb = 4014.15 m = 13169.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.20 mb = 3765.41 m = 12353.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.39 mb = 1356.35 m = 4449.91 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 19.95 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1523.54 m = 4998.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.69 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1117.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.90 mb = 1511.37 m = 4958.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.90 mb = 1561.80 m = 5123.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.90 mb = 11355.20 m = 37254.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.90 mb = 13389.05 m = 43926.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.1 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 196.1 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -4.6 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 89.26 Bulk Shear: 12.52 m/s