MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.95,-111.43 Latitude: 55.95 Longitude: -111.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 521 SFC 931 695 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 347 2 295.8 298.1 292.2 331.9 12.53 3 900 984 17.5 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 120 8 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.3 13.97 4 850 1472 15.7 10.2 70 5.5 12.3 162 9 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.0 9.22 5 800 1984 12.0 7.4 73 4.6 9.3 170 9 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.3 8.11 6 750 2521 7.6 5.1 84 2.5 6.2 166 11 304.9 306.2 290.9 327.0 7.36 7 700 3085 3.5 1.1 85 2.3 2.2 167 10 306.3 307.4 290.1 324.5 5.94 8 650 3684 0.5 -1.1 89 1.6 -0.3 176 13 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.4 5.45 9 600 4322 -3.6 -4.3 94 0.8 -4.0 177 17 312.0 312.8 290.7 326.5 4.62 10 550 5007 -6.7 -8.7 86 2.0 -7.5 179 19 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.8 3.61 11 500 5746 -10.8 -12.2 89 1.4 -11.4 185 22 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.7 2.99 12 450 6548 -16.0 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.8 187 24 323.1 323.5 291.7 329.8 1.97 13 400 7424 -21.9 -25.5 72 3.6 -22.8 190 26 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.7 1.20 14 350 8392 -29.3 -33.8 65 4.5 -30.0 191 27 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.63 15 300 9473 -38.2 -42.7 63 4.5 -38.6 182 35 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.30 16 250 10699 -48.5 -52.9 60 4.4 -48.7 175 43 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12138 -54.1 -65.0 25 11.0 -54.3 187 36 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 13998 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 198 22 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16623 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 215 13 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.71 m Freezing level: 643.99 mb = 3760.33 m = 12336.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.42 mb = 3616.50 m = 11865.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.48 mb = 753.96 m = 2473.60 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1867.19 m = 6125.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.71 mb = 1474.84 m = 4838.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.71 mb = 2251.12 m = 7385.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.71 mb = 10573.95 m = 34691.02 ft B at Equ Level: 472.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.71 mb = 12652.44 m = 41510.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 206.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 60.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 23.74 Bulk Shear: 19.97 m/s