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: 54.41,-112.63 Latitude: 54.41 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 23.2 19.3 79 3.9 20.5 311 4 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.5 15.28 3 900 1001 22.9 12.3 51 10.6 16.0 324 6 305.1 307.0 293.1 335.2 10.06 4 850 1495 18.7 9.4 55 9.2 12.9 69 1 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.1 8.77 5 800 2011 13.7 8.3 70 5.4 10.4 108 3 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.8 8.65 6 750 2551 8.5 7.1 91 1.4 7.7 110 5 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.4 8.49 7 700 3118 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.2 117 10 307.7 309.1 291.6 329.6 7.16 8 650 3718 1.0 0.2 94 0.8 0.6 132 15 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.6 5.99 9 600 4358 -2.7 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 141 15 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.2 4.82 10 550 5043 -7.0 -8.1 91 1.2 -7.5 141 17 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.0 3.77 11 500 5780 -11.3 -24.2 33 12.9 -14.8 142 19 319.3 319.5 289.6 323.0 1.08 12 450 6579 -16.9 -26.4 43 9.6 -19.1 157 16 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.5 0.98 13 400 7453 -22.2 -37.8 23 15.6 -24.6 173 17 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.37 14 350 8422 -28.0 -31.3 73 3.3 -28.6 178 26 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.9 0.80 15 300 9510 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 175 29 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10740 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.7 171 30 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12172 -55.0 -66.4 23 11.5 -55.2 176 31 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 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: 5700.45 m Freezing level: 636.65 mb = 3889.05 m = 12759.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3815.19 m = 12516.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.34 mb = 1191.87 m = 3910.28 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.60 mb = 2367.56 m = 7767.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 553.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.47 mb = 2260.69 m = 7416.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.47 mb = 2534.23 m = 8314.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.47 mb = 10963.12 m = 35967.79 ft B at Equ Level: 549.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.47 mb = 12801.94 m = 42000.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.5 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 167.5 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): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 15.16 Bulk Shear: 36.53 m/s