MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.66,-111.6 Latitude: 55.66 Longitude: -111.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 484 SFC 930 672 20.6 17.4 82 3.1 18.4 55 8 299.9 302.4 294.3 339.8 13.61 3 900 951 17.6 16.0 91 1.6 16.5 68 13 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.1 12.81 4 850 1439 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.1 125 20 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.6 9.15 5 800 1950 11.1 8.6 85 2.4 9.6 128 21 302.9 304.6 291.5 329.1 8.80 6 750 2486 7.2 5.2 87 2.1 6.1 126 23 304.4 305.8 290.7 326.7 7.40 7 700 3051 4.7 2.2 84 2.5 3.4 146 24 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.4 6.43 8 650 3654 1.8 -2.5 73 4.3 -0.3 150 29 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.3 4.90 9 600 4295 -1.8 -2.8 93 0.9 -2.3 154 30 314.0 315.0 291.8 330.4 5.20 10 550 4982 -6.2 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.4 155 29 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.2 4.22 11 500 5724 -9.4 -16.7 55 7.3 -11.9 162 31 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.5 2.07 12 450 6530 -14.4 -36.8 13 22.3 -18.6 169 32 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.36 13 400 7410 -21.1 -43.7 11 22.6 -24.1 174 28 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.20 14 350 8380 -29.1 -41.4 29 12.3 -30.6 170 22 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.29 15 300 9461 -38.1 -43.2 58 5.2 -38.5 169 28 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.28 16 250 10688 -48.6 -52.2 66 3.6 -48.7 158 31 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12118 -56.4 -66.0 29 9.5 -56.6 170 34 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13983 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -50.0 202 21 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16612 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 198 14 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.95 m Freezing level: 625.40 mb = 3969.24 m = 13022.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.49 mb = 3597.58 m = 11802.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.58 mb = 1069.91 m = 3510.16 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.33 mb = 1790.41 m = 5873.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.60 mb = 1573.34 m = 5161.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.60 mb = 2038.03 m = 6686.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.60 mb = 6010.81 m = 19720.27 ft B at Equ Level: 135.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.60 mb = 12067.01 m = 39589.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.0 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 178.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 86.58 m/s