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: 54.01,-110.47 Latitude: 54.01 Longitude: -110.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 527 SFC 939 627 22.8 17.8 74 5.0 19.4 211 3 301.3 303.9 294.8 342.0 13.83 3 900 1000 23.0 12.2 51 10.7 16.0 166 3 305.2 307.0 293.1 335.2 10.00 4 850 1495 19.1 9.8 55 9.3 13.3 111 9 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.2 8.98 5 800 2012 14.2 8.8 70 5.4 10.9 106 11 306.3 307.9 292.6 333.1 8.89 6 750 2552 8.9 7.5 91 1.4 8.1 103 11 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.6 8.72 7 700 3119 4.7 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 109 17 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.86 8 650 3720 1.0 -1.8 81 2.8 -0.4 127 18 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.17 9 600 4360 -2.4 -3.9 90 1.5 -3.1 130 17 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.4 4.78 10 550 5046 -5.9 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 134 18 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.1 4.34 11 500 5787 -10.7 -12.3 88 1.6 -11.3 142 18 320.0 320.6 291.7 329.9 2.99 12 450 6590 -15.6 -20.2 68 4.6 -17.0 152 15 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.4 1.70 13 400 7467 -21.3 -32.4 36 11.1 -23.4 163 13 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.63 14 350 8438 -27.4 -30.5 75 3.1 -28.0 175 21 331.8 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.86 15 300 9528 -36.6 -40.1 70 3.5 -37.0 175 23 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.3 0.39 16 250 10761 -48.0 -53.6 52 5.6 -48.3 176 21 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12194 -55.7 -62.9 40 7.2 -55.8 168 19 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14051 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 206 15 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 241 10 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.20 m Freezing level: 635.22 mb = 3909.17 m = 12825.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.63 mb = 3662.53 m = 12016.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.26 mb = 1261.16 m = 4137.63 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.21 mb = 2416.86 m = 7929.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 376.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.30 mb = 2241.88 m = 7355.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.30 mb = 2625.82 m = 8614.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.30 mb = 8574.88 m = 28132.47 ft B at Equ Level: 371.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.30 mb = 12756.52 m = 41851.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 158.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 18.87 Bulk Shear: 19.95 m/s