MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 54.67,-104.25 Latitude: 54.67 Longitude: -104.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 950 508 25.0 15.7 56 9.3 18.8 14 5 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.8 11.90 2 950 512 24.6 15.6 58 8.9 18.5 17 5 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.1 11.85 3 900 983 20.0 14.3 69 5.8 16.3 32 7 302.2 304.3 293.3 336.0 11.44 4 850 1473 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 14.0 95 4 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.7 10.80 5 800 1987 12.6 10.1 85 2.5 11.0 162 6 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.8 9.75 6 750 2525 8.5 3.6 71 4.9 5.8 184 9 305.9 307.1 290.6 326.0 6.64 7 700 3092 4.7 3.1 89 1.7 3.8 206 7 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.6 6.83 8 650 3693 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 214 7 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.76 9 600 4334 -2.6 -3.2 96 0.5 -2.9 192 9 313.1 314.0 291.5 329.0 5.05 10 550 5019 -6.9 -9.6 81 2.7 -8.0 182 7 315.9 316.6 290.8 326.8 3.37 11 500 5757 -10.7 -21.2 42 10.4 -13.9 201 9 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.8 1.41 12 450 6560 -15.2 -38.4 12 23.2 -19.3 184 13 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.31 13 400 7439 -20.5 -40.0 16 19.5 -23.5 176 17 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.29 14 350 8414 -27.3 -36.5 41 9.3 -28.7 196 30 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.8 0.48 15 300 9502 -35.9 -40.4 63 4.5 -36.4 185 36 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.37 16 250 10743 -46.3 -49.6 69 3.3 -46.4 202 35 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.17 17 200 12178 -59.6 -63.0 65 3.4 -59.7 217 46 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 18 150 14020 -49.2 -79.1 2 29.9 -49.9 192 25 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.01 19 100 16644 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 208 16 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.63 m Freezing level: 631.32 mb = 3932.62 m = 12902.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.39 mb = 3800.03 m = 12467.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.18 mb = 1683.11 m = 5521.95 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.68 mb = 2021.37 m = 6631.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 384.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.49 mb = 1762.03 m = 5780.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.49 mb = 2343.61 m = 7688.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.49 mb = 8691.93 m = 28516.49 ft B at Equ Level: 384.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.49 mb = 12978.71 m = 42580.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 216.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 16.22 Bulk Shear: 23.70 m/s