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: 56.66,-111.17 Latitude: 56.66 Longitude: -111.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 963 389 20.6 18.7 89 1.9 19.3 40 3 296.9 299.5 293.9 338.0 14.22 2 950 508 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 40 3 296.6 299.1 293.2 335.6 13.50 3 900 971 16.0 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 93 5 297.9 300.1 292.2 331.6 11.59 4 850 1456 13.4 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 131 14 300.2 302.0 291.5 329.2 9.86 5 800 1964 10.4 8.5 88 1.9 9.2 143 22 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.1 8.72 6 750 2499 7.0 5.0 87 2.0 5.8 155 26 304.2 305.5 290.6 326.1 7.30 7 700 3063 3.5 2.1 90 1.5 2.7 162 24 306.4 307.5 290.5 325.7 6.35 8 650 3661 -0.1 -0.8 95 0.7 -0.4 171 18 308.9 309.9 290.6 326.0 5.54 9 600 4300 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 181 18 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.96 10 550 4986 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.1 197 19 317.1 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.30 11 500 5727 -10.5 -11.4 93 0.9 -10.9 198 20 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.19 12 450 6530 -16.0 -18.3 82 2.4 -16.7 189 22 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.0 2.01 13 400 7405 -22.6 -29.3 54 6.7 -23.9 182 23 325.7 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.85 14 350 8370 -30.0 -33.9 69 3.9 -30.6 184 26 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.62 15 300 9449 -38.9 -42.4 69 3.6 -39.2 188 26 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 16 250 10668 -50.5 -54.3 63 3.9 -50.6 185 40 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12092 -54.9 -69.7 14 14.8 -55.2 186 42 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13968 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.4 216 23 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.01 19 100 16601 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 210 15 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.52 m Freezing level: 651.33 mb = 3645.52 m = 11960.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3573.84 m = 11725.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.53 mb = 630.72 m = 2069.28 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1212.16 m = 3976.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.94 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.46 mb = 1052.25 m = 3452.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.46 mb = 1691.49 m = 5549.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.46 mb = 11023.57 m = 36166.11 ft B at Equ Level: 331.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.46 mb = 12208.52 m = 40053.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.0 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 200.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 144.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 6.75 Bulk Shear: 51.83 m/s