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: 56.91,-110.37 Latitude: 56.91 Longitude: -110.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 506 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 141 3 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.7 13.75 2 950 510 21.6 17.7 79 3.9 18.9 138 3 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.7 13.56 3 900 976 17.2 16.1 93 1.1 16.5 158 6 299.2 301.6 293.6 336.9 12.89 4 850 1463 14.9 11.7 81 3.2 12.9 156 13 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.9 10.20 5 800 1973 10.9 8.3 84 2.6 9.3 158 22 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.5 8.63 6 750 2508 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.6 164 28 304.0 305.2 289.6 322.9 6.25 7 700 3070 2.5 -3.9 63 6.4 -0.4 164 28 305.2 306.0 288.1 317.9 4.10 8 650 3667 0.3 -1.2 90 1.5 -0.4 169 21 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.0 5.40 9 600 4306 -2.9 -3.4 97 0.5 -3.1 178 23 312.8 313.7 291.3 328.4 4.98 10 550 4991 -5.9 -7.2 90 1.4 -6.5 179 23 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.2 4.04 11 500 5732 -10.4 -12.5 85 2.1 -11.2 189 22 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.0 2.93 12 450 6535 -16.0 -22.1 59 6.1 -17.7 185 23 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.44 13 400 7410 -22.1 -33.0 37 10.8 -24.1 186 21 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.60 14 350 8378 -29.5 -37.7 45 8.1 -30.6 193 29 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.43 15 300 9457 -39.0 -44.0 59 5.0 -39.5 195 33 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.3 0.26 16 250 10676 -49.9 -54.6 58 4.7 -50.0 193 42 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.09 17 200 12101 -55.4 -67.7 20 12.3 -55.6 191 41 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13973 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 216 25 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 19 100 16604 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 215 14 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.20 m Freezing level: 645.45 mb = 3724.78 m = 12220.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.40 mb = 3019.35 m = 9905.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.34 mb = 1125.41 m = 3692.24 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.12 mb = 1511.36 m = 4958.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.91 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.89 mb = 1265.71 m = 4152.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.89 mb = 1817.89 m = 5964.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.89 mb = 11074.30 m = 36332.55 ft B at Equ Level: 843.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.89 mb = 13356.62 m = 43820.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.1 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 202.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -6.6 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 22.73 Bulk Shear: 37.10 m/s