MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 57.65,-110.07 Latitude: 57.65 Longitude: -110.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 449 SFC 945 493 18.4 17.9 97 0.4 18.1 332 7 296.2 298.7 293.3 336.1 13.82 3 900 912 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 4 20 297.8 300.0 292.9 334.2 12.55 4 850 1397 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 36 14 300.4 302.5 292.8 334.1 11.48 5 800 1907 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 108 6 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.2 10.65 6 750 2445 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 189 6 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.35 7 700 3014 5.5 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 212 7 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.1 8.02 8 650 3617 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 207 7 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.1 6.52 9 600 4258 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 198 9 313.9 314.9 292.0 331.0 5.42 10 550 4946 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.6 193 12 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.2 4.48 11 500 5689 -9.1 -9.9 94 0.8 -9.5 185 16 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.8 3.61 12 450 6497 -14.6 -16.2 88 1.6 -15.2 177 20 324.8 325.3 292.5 333.0 2.40 13 400 7377 -21.1 -23.7 79 2.7 -21.8 173 24 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.5 1.41 14 350 8348 -28.5 -31.7 74 3.2 -29.0 170 24 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.77 15 300 9433 -37.6 -40.7 73 3.1 -37.9 166 23 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.37 16 250 10661 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.7 159 23 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12092 -55.1 -63.0 37 7.9 -55.2 160 32 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 13977 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.3 202 25 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.01 19 100 16623 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.9 215 15 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.10 m Freezing level: 626.63 mb = 3916.39 m = 12848.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.99 mb = 3879.86 m = 12729.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.68 mb = 543.06 m = 1781.66 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 967.58 m = 3174.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.15 C = 68.28 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 986.75 m = 3237.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.12 mb = 1034.40 m = 3393.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 827.12 mb = 1626.46 m = 5336.08 ft B at Equ Level: 18.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.12 mb = 11867.36 m = 38934.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 214.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 130.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 84.01 m/s