MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.55,-115.57 Latitude: 54.55 Longitude: -115.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 558 2 900 1023 SFC 899 1033 16.9 16.2 95 0.7 16.4 309 6 299.0 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.96 4 850 1510 14.3 13.1 92 1.3 13.5 337 11 301.2 303.2 292.8 334.1 11.19 5 800 2020 11.3 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 342 6 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.7 8.89 6 750 2557 7.7 6.7 93 1.0 7.1 101 4 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.6 8.21 7 700 3123 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 124 13 308.0 309.4 292.1 331.4 7.67 8 650 3726 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 144 17 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.3 6.58 9 600 4368 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -1.9 158 19 314.1 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.49 10 550 5056 -5.5 -5.9 97 0.4 -5.7 174 21 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.0 4.48 11 500 5797 -10.5 -11.7 91 1.2 -10.9 188 27 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.6 3.13 12 450 6600 -15.4 -19.0 74 3.7 -16.5 187 27 323.9 324.3 291.8 330.3 1.89 13 400 7479 -21.2 -24.1 78 2.9 -22.0 194 25 327.4 327.6 292.3 332.2 1.36 14 350 8449 -28.6 -31.4 77 2.8 -29.1 191 21 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.79 15 300 9533 -37.8 -44.6 49 6.7 -38.4 181 20 332.0 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.24 16 250 10759 -48.7 -53.1 60 4.4 -48.8 179 32 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 17 200 12186 -57.7 -66.3 32 8.7 -57.8 189 31 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 14035 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 201 16 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16646 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 229 9 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.46 m Freezing level: 625.09 mb = 4045.56 m = 13272.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.22 mb = 4011.91 m = 13162.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.58 % Est. max temperature: 22.66 C = 72.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.56 mb = 1122.41 m = 3682.40 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 7.19 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1879.61 m = 6166.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.41 C = 68.73 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.54 mb = 1704.78 m = 5593.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.54 mb = 2278.42 m = 7475.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.54 mb = 8133.62 m = 26684.78 ft B at Equ Level: 135.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.54 mb = 11707.57 m = 38410.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 202.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 84.41 m/s