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: 58.39,-113.02 Latitude: 58.39 Longitude: -113.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 973 245 22.6 18.7 79 3.9 19.9 355 6 298.1 300.6 294.1 339.0 14.09 2 950 451 20.0 17.9 88 2.1 18.5 3 9 297.5 300.0 293.6 337.1 13.68 3 900 915 16.8 16.3 96 0.6 16.4 49 15 298.9 301.2 293.5 336.8 13.02 4 850 1402 14.5 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 98 19 301.3 303.5 293.5 336.9 12.08 5 800 1913 11.8 9.5 86 2.3 10.4 142 20 303.7 305.5 292.2 331.6 9.35 6 750 2450 8.0 2.6 69 5.4 5.1 155 23 305.3 306.4 290.0 324.0 6.17 7 700 3017 5.0 1.5 78 3.5 3.1 163 27 308.1 309.2 290.8 326.8 6.12 8 650 3618 1.5 -0.9 84 2.4 0.2 166 32 310.6 311.7 291.0 327.7 5.50 9 600 4258 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 167 33 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.7 4.65 10 550 4944 -6.2 -6.4 98 0.2 -6.3 173 31 316.7 317.6 291.9 330.6 4.30 11 500 5684 -10.6 -11.0 97 0.4 -10.8 179 35 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.30 12 450 6488 -15.0 -23.4 49 8.4 -17.3 184 36 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.28 13 400 7367 -21.3 -25.7 68 4.4 -22.4 188 35 327.3 327.5 292.1 331.4 1.18 14 350 8338 -28.7 -31.7 75 3.1 -29.2 184 38 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.77 15 300 9421 -37.8 -41.2 71 3.4 -38.1 183 34 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10648 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.1 189 38 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12075 -57.0 -66.2 30 9.2 -57.1 190 45 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13945 -47.3 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.1 206 30 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16592 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 219 16 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.14 m Freezing level: 632.51 mb = 3841.89 m = 12604.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3651.21 m = 11978.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.09 mb = 735.13 m = 2411.81 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 993.36 m = 3259.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.74 C = 74.74 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 35.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.23 mb = 894.20 m = 2933.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.23 mb = 1529.72 m = 5018.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.23 mb = 11258.66 m = 36937.40 ft B at Equ Level: 732.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.23 mb = 13238.06 m = 43431.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.3 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 191.3 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 308.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.60 Bulk Shear: 160.15 m/s