MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.97,-110.67 Latitude: 55.97 Longitude: -110.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 488 SFC 949 500 21.2 18.0 82 3.3 19.0 143 6 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.0 13.77 3 900 954 17.3 15.8 91 1.5 16.3 139 11 299.3 301.6 293.4 336.2 12.64 4 850 1440 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 136 12 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.8 11.07 5 800 1949 10.6 9.6 94 1.0 10.0 163 17 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.6 9.45 6 750 2485 7.9 6.3 90 1.6 6.9 175 19 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.2 8.00 7 700 3051 4.7 2.7 87 2.0 3.6 176 19 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.0 6.66 8 650 3651 0.6 -0.2 94 0.8 0.2 172 19 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.6 5.80 9 600 4291 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 169 19 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.5 4.94 10 550 4977 -6.1 -7.1 93 1.0 -6.5 164 18 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.10 11 500 5717 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.4 -10.6 166 19 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.2 3.18 12 450 6523 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.7 -15.7 168 19 324.3 324.7 292.3 332.0 2.28 13 400 7402 -21.3 -23.6 82 2.3 -21.9 170 21 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.42 14 350 8371 -28.8 -31.6 77 2.8 -29.3 169 22 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.7 0.78 15 300 9455 -37.7 -40.7 73 3.0 -38.0 170 24 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 16 250 10681 -49.5 -52.8 68 3.4 -49.6 173 34 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12104 -56.1 -66.2 27 10.1 -56.2 173 40 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13988 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 204 25 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16620 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 204 15 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.66 m Freezing level: 640.99 mb = 3766.49 m = 12357.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3688.03 m = 12099.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.20 mb = 913.88 m = 2998.26 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.80 mb = 1234.39 m = 4049.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.26 C = 72.06 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.27 mb = 1181.11 m = 3874.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.27 mb = 1327.90 m = 4356.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.27 mb = 11177.46 m = 36671.01 ft B at Equ Level: 585.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.27 mb = 13119.19 m = 43041.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 195.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 43.86 Bulk Shear: 13.53 m/s