MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 56.66,-110.17 Latitude: 56.66 Longitude: -110.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 460 SFC 949 468 22.1 18.7 81 3.4 19.7 156 2 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.8 14.42 3 900 926 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.9 145 4 299.3 301.8 293.9 338.4 13.41 4 850 1413 14.0 13.2 95 0.8 13.5 156 14 300.8 302.9 292.8 334.1 11.32 5 800 1923 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 186 15 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.5 9.88 6 750 2460 8.4 7.3 93 1.1 7.8 180 15 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.6 8.61 7 700 3028 5.3 4.0 91 1.3 4.6 177 15 308.4 309.7 291.9 330.7 7.30 8 650 3630 1.9 0.6 91 1.3 1.3 173 16 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.3 6.17 9 600 4272 -1.8 -3.4 89 1.6 -2.6 170 17 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.7 4.97 10 550 4961 -4.9 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 173 18 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.5 4.72 11 500 5704 -9.5 -12.5 79 3.0 -10.6 171 21 321.5 322.0 292.0 331.2 2.92 12 450 6510 -14.9 -24.0 46 9.0 -17.4 171 23 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.23 13 400 7389 -21.7 -40.1 17 18.5 -24.4 169 29 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.29 14 350 8355 -29.7 -43.4 25 13.8 -31.2 176 32 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23 15 300 9433 -39.2 -49.6 33 10.3 -39.9 174 36 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10653 -49.1 -56.4 42 7.3 -49.4 170 41 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12095 -52.4 -69.4 11 17.0 -52.7 171 37 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 13982 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.9 211 21 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 19 100 16620 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 207 15 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.67 m Freezing level: 624.23 mb = 3961.02 m = 12995.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.71 mb = 3833.68 m = 12577.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.77 mb = 899.82 m = 2952.13 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.09 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1116.79 m = 3663.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.31 C = 72.15 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.61 mb = 1102.00 m = 3615.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.61 mb = 1150.39 m = 3774.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.61 mb = 11287.86 m = 37033.21 ft B at Equ Level: 899.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.61 mb = 13293.34 m = 43612.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.1 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 202.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 43.30 Bulk Shear: 21.28 m/s