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: 55.55,-112.23 Latitude: 55.55 Longitude: -112.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 528 SFC 931 707 23.8 17.4 67 6.4 19.4 313 5 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.4 13.58 3 900 1002 22.0 14.5 62 7.5 17.0 329 11 304.2 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.62 4 850 1496 19.0 11.4 61 7.7 14.1 9 3 306.1 307.9 293.3 336.2 9.99 5 800 2013 14.6 8.1 65 6.5 10.6 143 5 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.4 8.49 6 750 2554 9.4 6.9 85 2.5 7.9 139 5 306.8 308.3 292.3 332.1 8.35 7 700 3122 4.9 3.8 93 1.0 4.3 140 9 307.9 309.2 291.7 329.9 7.21 8 650 3723 1.3 0.2 92 1.1 0.7 160 14 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.0 5.99 9 600 4364 -2.6 -3.9 90 1.3 -3.3 178 14 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.2 4.77 10 550 5049 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.4 -7.4 170 16 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.73 11 500 5787 -11.3 -15.8 70 4.5 -12.9 168 18 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.7 2.23 12 450 6587 -17.0 -36.5 17 19.5 -20.4 167 19 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.38 13 400 7458 -23.0 -43.1 14 20.1 -25.5 164 23 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.21 14 350 8426 -28.4 -54.3 7 25.8 -30.5 174 23 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.07 15 300 9512 -37.0 -44.6 45 7.6 -37.7 191 21 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10745 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.0 198 33 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12176 -56.5 -64.0 38 7.5 -56.6 182 28 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14033 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 205 19 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16655 -54.0 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 235 11 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.61 m Freezing level: 633.04 mb = 3940.70 m = 12928.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3835.91 m = 12584.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.39 mb = 1522.04 m = 4993.49 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.08 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2337.66 m = 7669.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 40.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 942.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.67 mb = 2122.14 m = 6962.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.67 mb = 2502.21 m = 8209.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.67 mb = 11429.92 m = 37499.28 ft B at Equ Level: 931.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.67 mb = 13835.14 m = 45390.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.9 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 194.9 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 17.58 Bulk Shear: 53.63 m/s