MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 57.71,-110.17 Latitude: 57.71 Longitude: -110.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 952 451 18.5 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 168 4 295.7 298.1 292.9 334.3 13.43 2 950 473 18.0 17.6 97 0.4 17.8 174 3 295.5 297.9 292.9 334.2 13.48 3 900 935 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 174 17 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.2 11.81 4 850 1418 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 180 18 299.3 301.3 291.8 330.4 10.64 5 800 1925 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 175 17 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.2 9.32 6 750 2460 6.9 6.4 97 0.5 6.6 185 18 304.1 305.6 291.2 328.3 8.08 7 700 3024 3.6 2.4 91 1.3 2.9 183 18 306.5 307.7 290.6 326.3 6.50 8 650 3622 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 179 20 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.1 5.82 9 600 4261 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 179 22 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.11 10 550 4948 -5.7 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 186 25 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.26 11 500 5689 -10.3 -11.7 89 1.4 -10.9 189 26 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.8 3.11 12 450 6493 -15.5 -17.5 85 1.9 -16.2 190 21 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.0 2.16 13 400 7371 -21.5 -23.9 80 2.5 -22.1 184 16 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.9 1.38 14 350 8341 -28.8 -31.7 75 3.0 -29.3 172 13 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.8 0.77 15 300 9423 -38.5 -41.7 71 3.3 -38.8 176 13 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.33 16 250 10645 -50.3 -53.8 66 3.5 -50.4 171 20 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12069 -53.8 -70.1 12 16.2 -54.1 178 37 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13964 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 207 26 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16610 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.8 210 14 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.86 m Freezing level: 647.87 mb = 3648.95 m = 11971.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.65 mb = 3613.68 m = 11855.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.84 mb = 555.95 m = 1823.96 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 964.17 m = 3163.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.94 C = 67.89 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.49 mb = 958.37 m = 3144.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.49 mb = 1005.60 m = 3299.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 542.49 mb = 5054.83 m = 16583.88 ft B at Equ Level: 136.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.49 mb = 11108.14 m = 36443.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.0 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 213.0 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 41.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.30 Bulk Shear: 14.65 m/s