MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.91,-111 Latitude: 56.91 Longitude: -111.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 953 455 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 16 3 295.8 298.0 292.0 331.0 12.23 2 950 484 18.1 15.9 87 2.1 16.7 11 2 295.5 297.7 291.7 330.2 12.07 3 900 945 14.5 13.8 96 0.7 14.1 59 6 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.5 11.09 4 850 1427 12.6 12.1 97 0.5 12.3 96 15 299.3 301.2 291.7 330.0 10.50 5 800 1935 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 106 22 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.3 10.03 6 750 2471 7.5 7.3 99 0.2 7.4 116 23 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.5 8.60 7 700 3038 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 133 21 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.94 8 650 3641 1.8 1.5 98 0.2 1.7 157 23 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.4 6.60 9 600 4284 -1.3 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 171 23 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.70 10 550 4972 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 180 24 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.37 11 500 5713 -10.1 -12.4 84 2.2 -11.0 180 24 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.96 12 450 6518 -15.0 -24.4 45 9.3 -17.5 180 30 324.3 324.6 291.3 328.5 1.18 13 400 7397 -21.2 -33.8 31 12.7 -23.5 184 28 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.5 0.55 14 350 8367 -29.0 -43.0 25 14.0 -30.6 183 27 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 15 300 9449 -38.1 -44.9 49 6.8 -38.7 181 30 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.23 16 250 10674 -48.1 -51.8 65 3.7 -48.3 166 34 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12108 -56.2 -66.1 28 9.9 -56.4 169 40 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13978 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -49.0 214 23 386.9 386.9 303.3 387.0 0.01 19 100 16614 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 207 15 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.56 m Freezing level: 620.79 mb = 4016.70 m = 13178.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.75 mb = 3985.08 m = 13074.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.50 mb = 762.00 m = 2499.96 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1178.48 m = 3866.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.65 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6575.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.32 mb = 1054.84 m = 3460.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 182.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 65.31 m/s