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: 54.38,-112.63 Latitude: 54.38 Longitude: -112.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 527 SFC 933 690 23.0 19.5 81 3.5 20.6 311 4 302.2 305.0 296.2 347.9 15.50 3 900 1001 22.9 12.1 51 10.8 16.0 324 6 305.2 307.0 293.0 334.9 9.93 4 850 1495 18.6 9.4 55 9.2 12.9 78 1 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.0 8.75 5 800 2011 13.7 8.4 70 5.4 10.4 108 3 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.9 8.66 6 750 2550 8.5 7.1 91 1.4 7.7 108 5 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.4 8.49 7 700 3118 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.2 116 10 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.6 7.17 8 650 3718 1.0 0.2 95 0.7 0.6 131 15 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.6 5.99 9 600 4358 -2.7 -3.8 92 1.1 -3.3 139 15 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.1 4.81 10 550 5042 -7.0 -8.1 92 1.1 -7.5 140 18 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.0 3.78 11 500 5780 -11.3 -24.4 33 13.1 -14.8 141 19 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.9 1.06 12 450 6579 -16.9 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.1 158 15 322.1 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.00 13 400 7453 -22.2 -37.5 24 15.3 -24.6 173 17 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.38 14 350 8422 -28.0 -31.1 74 3.2 -28.6 179 27 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.81 15 300 9510 -36.9 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.2 175 29 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10740 -48.5 -52.1 66 3.6 -48.7 171 31 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12172 -54.9 -66.5 23 11.5 -55.2 176 31 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14035 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 199 20 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 227 13 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.29 m Freezing level: 636.92 mb = 3885.53 m = 12747.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3815.06 m = 12516.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.75 mb = 1138.85 m = 3736.34 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 25.02 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.11 mb = 2372.84 m = 7784.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.27 mb = 2262.79 m = 7423.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.27 mb = 2536.39 m = 8321.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.27 mb = 10968.14 m = 35984.28 ft B at Equ Level: 535.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.27 mb = 12809.01 m = 42023.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.5 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 166.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.41 Bulk Shear: 35.10 m/s