MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 56.63,-110.54 Latitude: 56.63 Longitude: -110.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 957 447 23.3 18.2 73 5.0 19.8 117 3 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.91 2 950 507 21.7 17.4 76 4.3 18.8 118 3 299.2 301.7 293.8 338.0 13.28 3 900 973 17.2 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 130 4 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.6 12.80 4 850 1460 14.4 11.4 82 3.1 12.5 145 17 301.3 303.1 291.9 330.7 9.98 5 800 1969 10.7 7.6 81 3.1 8.9 152 24 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.1 8.24 6 750 2504 6.6 2.0 73 4.6 4.2 155 30 303.7 304.8 289.2 321.6 5.91 7 700 3066 3.3 -2.1 68 5.4 0.6 158 27 306.1 307.0 288.9 320.5 4.67 8 650 3664 0.5 -0.3 94 0.8 0.1 175 20 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.3 5.75 9 600 4304 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.8 181 21 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.2 5.10 10 550 4990 -6.0 -7.1 92 1.1 -6.5 187 19 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.08 11 500 5731 -10.6 -14.0 76 3.4 -11.8 192 21 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.60 12 450 6534 -15.9 -23.4 52 7.5 -17.9 188 22 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.7 1.29 13 400 7410 -21.9 -38.2 21 16.3 -24.4 188 21 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.36 14 350 8376 -30.0 -38.2 45 8.2 -31.0 185 26 328.4 328.4 291.7 329.9 0.40 15 300 9454 -38.9 -42.9 66 4.0 -39.2 187 31 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.29 16 250 10675 -49.8 -53.9 62 4.1 -50.0 186 44 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 17 200 12100 -55.4 -68.2 19 12.8 -55.6 188 40 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13973 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 215 24 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16604 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 211 14 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.26 m Freezing level: 641.62 mb = 3771.59 m = 12373.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.64 mb = 3681.16 m = 12077.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.71 mb = 1080.68 m = 3545.48 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1405.03 m = 4609.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.16 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.04 mb = 1232.09 m = 4042.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.04 mb = 1679.77 m = 5511.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.04 mb = 11262.01 m = 36948.41 ft B at Equ Level: 791.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.04 mb = 13233.78 m = 43417.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.1 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 200.1 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 19.31 Bulk Shear: 41.79 m/s