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: 53.55,-110.14 Latitude: 53.55 Longitude: -110.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 531 SFC 942 600 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.7 265 5 298.4 300.9 294.0 338.8 13.92 3 900 999 21.6 13.9 62 7.7 16.5 102 3 303.7 305.8 293.6 337.0 11.17 4 850 1493 18.1 11.2 64 6.8 13.7 109 16 305.1 306.9 293.0 334.8 9.91 5 800 2008 13.1 10.2 83 2.9 11.2 107 17 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.4 9.78 6 750 2547 8.6 7.9 95 0.7 8.2 106 18 305.9 307.6 292.5 332.9 8.95 7 700 3114 4.7 2.8 87 2.0 3.7 107 23 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.2 6.69 8 650 3715 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.4 111 21 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.7 4.29 9 600 4355 -2.1 -6.6 71 4.5 -4.1 116 21 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.90 10 550 5041 -6.1 -11.8 64 5.8 -8.4 123 22 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.81 11 500 5782 -9.6 -15.4 62 5.8 -11.7 129 21 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.1 2.30 12 450 6588 -15.0 -18.6 74 3.6 -16.2 139 18 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.1 1.96 13 400 7466 -21.8 -26.3 67 4.5 -22.8 150 19 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.7 1.12 14 350 8440 -27.4 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.9 170 25 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.90 15 300 9529 -36.7 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.1 168 22 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10761 -48.2 -52.2 63 4.0 -48.4 167 21 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12195 -54.8 -63.3 34 8.6 -54.9 161 19 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14054 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 206 14 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 241 9 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.25 m Freezing level: 632.15 mb = 3943.36 m = 12937.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.97 mb = 3542.53 m = 11622.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.81 mb = 876.72 m = 2876.34 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.87 mb = 2124.76 m = 6970.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.81 mb = 1862.24 m = 6109.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.81 mb = 2339.87 m = 7676.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.81 mb = 11055.20 m = 36269.89 ft B at Equ Level: 485.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.81 mb = 12918.54 m = 42383.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 147.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 15.63 Bulk Shear: 31.46 m/s