MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.21,-110.21 Latitude: 54.21 Longitude: -110.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 519 SFC 943 582 22.1 18.7 81 3.4 19.7 288 4 300.3 302.9 295.0 342.8 14.52 3 900 990 20.3 16.7 79 3.7 17.8 243 8 302.5 304.9 294.8 342.0 13.38 4 850 1482 17.6 13.6 77 4.0 15.0 158 13 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.2 11.60 5 800 1998 13.5 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 138 18 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.81 6 750 2538 9.4 8.9 96 0.5 9.1 131 22 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.7 9.58 7 700 3108 6.1 5.0 93 1.1 5.5 137 29 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.2 7.84 8 650 3712 2.7 1.8 94 0.9 2.2 146 29 312.0 313.3 292.5 332.9 6.72 9 600 4356 -1.2 -2.0 94 0.8 -1.6 155 31 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.2 5.51 10 550 5046 -4.7 -5.0 98 0.3 -4.8 165 32 318.6 319.5 292.8 334.1 4.81 11 500 5790 -8.8 -12.5 74 3.8 -10.2 157 35 322.4 322.9 292.3 332.1 2.92 12 450 6600 -13.7 -28.3 28 14.7 -17.2 157 40 326.0 326.2 291.4 329.0 0.82 13 400 7481 -20.9 -52.4 4 31.5 -24.3 152 42 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 14 350 8452 -28.2 -50.0 11 21.8 -30.3 161 33 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 15 300 9537 -37.4 -50.3 25 12.8 -38.3 166 34 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 16 250 10767 -48.2 -53.8 52 5.6 -48.4 178 22 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12197 -57.5 -65.2 37 7.7 -57.6 169 17 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 14047 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 218 15 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16654 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 259 7 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.36 m Freezing level: 615.49 mb = 4156.62 m = 13637.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.28 mb = 4075.81 m = 13371.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.79 mb = 1020.92 m = 3349.42 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1839.38 m = 6034.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.98 mb = 1532.79 m = 5028.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.98 mb = 2103.26 m = 6900.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.98 mb = 12197.34 m = 40017.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1114.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.98 mb = 14048.09 m = 46088.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 182.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -24.3 tot: 73.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.96 Bulk Shear: 103.40 m/s