MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 57.48,-110.41 Latitude: 57.48 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 952 478 15.7 15.0 96 0.7 15.3 260 6 292.9 295.0 290.3 325.1 11.32 2 950 493 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.2 260 6 292.8 294.9 290.3 325.2 11.37 3 900 950 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.4 296 17 294.8 296.6 289.7 323.1 9.84 4 850 1430 10.8 9.8 93 1.0 10.2 311 23 297.5 299.1 289.9 323.6 8.98 5 800 1934 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 311 29 300.2 301.7 290.1 324.4 8.21 6 750 2465 5.4 4.1 92 1.3 4.6 310 34 302.4 303.7 289.6 322.9 6.86 7 700 3026 1.5 -0.1 89 1.7 0.7 307 38 304.2 305.2 288.9 320.6 5.42 8 650 3619 -1.9 -3.3 90 1.5 -2.6 305 37 306.8 307.7 289.0 321.0 4.60 9 600 4252 -5.2 -6.8 88 1.6 -5.9 303 34 310.1 310.8 289.4 322.1 3.81 10 550 4931 -8.4 -9.7 90 1.3 -8.9 293 25 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.8 3.33 11 500 5666 -12.2 -13.0 94 0.8 -12.5 262 20 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.80 12 450 6464 -17.4 -19.1 86 1.8 -17.9 243 20 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.8 1.87 13 400 7336 -23.3 -27.6 68 4.3 -24.2 237 20 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.3 0.99 14 350 8297 -31.1 -35.9 63 4.8 -31.7 227 14 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.51 15 300 9372 -39.6 -43.0 70 3.4 -39.9 196 5 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 16 250 10589 -49.9 -54.5 59 4.6 -50.1 147 8 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12042 -48.0 -75.4 3 27.4 -48.6 209 33 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 18 150 13945 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.7 200 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.01 19 100 16596 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 201 19 426.5 426.5 308.4 426.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.01 m Freezing level: 677.71 mb = 3290.18 m = 10794.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.69 mb = 3144.36 m = 10316.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.52 % Est. max temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.15 mb = 563.17 m = 1847.65 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1186.51 m = 3892.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.81 C = 65.85 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: 2.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.34 mb = 1040.82 m = 3414.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.34 mb = 2736.71 m = 8978.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 595.34 mb = 4313.21 m = 14150.79 ft B at Equ Level: 37.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 515.34 mb = 5433.02 m = 17824.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 61.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 32.88 m/s