MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.33,-110.01 Latitude: 53.33 Longitude: -110.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 532 SFC 939 634 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.8 272 5 298.4 301.0 294.2 339.6 14.16 3 900 999 20.1 15.0 73 5.1 16.7 76 2 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.7 12.01 4 850 1491 17.6 12.3 71 5.3 14.1 117 14 304.6 306.5 293.4 336.3 10.61 5 800 2006 12.8 10.6 87 2.2 11.4 113 18 304.8 306.7 293.1 335.1 10.12 6 750 2545 8.4 7.9 97 0.5 8.1 107 21 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.8 8.97 7 700 3111 4.3 0.4 76 3.8 2.2 102 25 307.2 308.2 290.1 324.5 5.63 8 650 3711 1.6 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.4 107 24 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.5 3.37 9 600 4351 -2.4 -6.3 74 4.0 -4.1 114 25 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.0 3.97 10 550 5037 -5.9 -9.7 74 3.8 -7.5 119 26 317.1 317.7 291.1 327.9 3.33 11 500 5779 -9.6 -13.1 75 3.5 -10.9 124 24 321.3 321.9 291.9 330.6 2.78 12 450 6585 -14.6 -17.3 79 2.8 -15.5 133 22 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.4 2.18 13 400 7466 -20.6 -23.6 77 2.9 -21.4 146 24 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.2 1.43 14 350 8440 -27.5 -30.3 77 2.8 -28.0 156 28 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.8 0.88 15 300 9529 -36.6 -40.0 71 3.3 -37.0 163 22 333.8 333.8 293.1 335.3 0.39 16 250 10761 -48.2 -52.3 63 4.1 -48.4 164 20 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12196 -54.4 -62.3 37 7.9 -54.5 160 19 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.04 18 150 14056 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 208 14 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16667 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 240 9 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.64 m Freezing level: 629.61 mb = 3971.95 m = 13031.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.74 mb = 3396.48 m = 11143.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.51 mb = 851.14 m = 2792.42 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.09 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.22 mb = 1971.55 m = 6468.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 591.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.27 mb = 1680.26 m = 5512.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.27 mb = 2257.16 m = 7405.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.27 mb = 11124.36 m = 36496.81 ft B at Equ Level: 586.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.27 mb = 13012.29 m = 42690.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.0 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 145.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 74.46 m/s