MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 56.69,-110.94 Latitude: 56.69 Longitude: -110.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 951 414 22.3 19.0 81 3.3 20.0 189 8 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.7 14.70 2 950 428 22.2 18.6 80 3.6 19.8 182 6 299.7 302.4 294.7 341.8 14.37 3 900 896 18.6 16.3 87 2.2 17.1 207 20 300.7 303.0 294.1 339.1 13.09 4 850 1384 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 218 18 301.7 303.9 293.8 337.8 12.25 5 800 1896 11.7 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 201 17 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.4 10.68 6 750 2434 8.8 8.5 98 0.4 8.6 188 20 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.2 9.31 7 700 3003 5.6 5.1 96 0.5 5.4 187 21 308.7 310.2 292.5 332.9 7.90 8 650 3607 2.4 1.7 95 0.7 2.0 183 22 311.7 312.9 292.4 332.4 6.68 9 600 4250 -1.0 -2.3 91 1.3 -1.6 174 23 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.1 5.41 10 550 4941 -4.7 -6.4 88 1.7 -5.5 175 25 318.5 319.3 292.4 332.4 4.30 11 500 5684 -9.2 -18.5 47 9.2 -12.3 173 28 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.9 1.78 12 450 6491 -14.8 -36.6 14 21.8 -18.8 172 30 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.37 13 400 7368 -22.3 -44.5 11 22.2 -25.1 173 31 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.7 0.18 14 350 8332 -30.7 -48.2 16 17.6 -32.2 171 33 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 15 300 9406 -39.7 -58.0 13 18.3 -40.5 168 46 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 16 250 10627 -48.6 -56.3 41 7.7 -48.9 163 53 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12078 -50.8 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.2 175 35 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13971 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.2 212 25 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.5 0.01 19 100 16609 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 207 15 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.14 m Freezing level: 614.45 mb = 4064.40 m = 13334.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.31 mb = 3956.90 m = 12981.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.22 mb = 836.17 m = 2743.30 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1251.76 m = 4106.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 37.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.72 mb = 1158.86 m = 3801.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.72 mb = 1406.97 m = 4615.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.72 mb = 11234.38 m = 36857.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1116.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.72 mb = 13640.95 m = 44753.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.9 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 213.9 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 82.10 Bulk Shear: 13.86 m/s