MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 54.53,-104.04 Latitude: 54.53 Longitude: -104.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 959 421 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.7 98 4 300.4 302.7 293.4 336.4 12.28 2 950 503 23.2 16.4 65 6.8 18.6 108 8 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.3 12.44 3 900 972 19.1 15.9 82 3.2 17.0 120 11 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.7 12.73 4 850 1462 15.5 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 84 8 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.2 11.78 5 800 1973 11.7 10.0 89 1.7 10.7 97 8 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.6 9.70 6 750 2510 8.2 4.7 78 3.5 6.2 88 8 305.5 306.9 290.9 327.2 7.16 7 700 3077 5.0 -0.9 66 5.9 2.0 96 7 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.8 5.12 8 650 3678 1.4 -6.3 57 7.7 -2.1 120 9 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.1 3.68 9 600 4317 -3.0 -14.6 40 11.6 -7.2 131 10 312.7 313.1 288.5 319.4 2.06 10 550 5001 -6.0 -24.3 22 18.2 -11.2 129 12 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 0.98 11 500 5741 -9.8 -25.2 27 15.4 -14.0 141 15 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.99 12 450 6547 -14.6 -23.0 49 8.4 -17.0 170 18 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.33 13 400 7428 -20.6 -45.6 9 24.9 -23.9 161 21 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.16 14 350 8400 -27.8 -35.1 50 7.3 -28.9 158 19 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.4 0.55 15 300 9488 -36.3 -47.4 31 11.2 -37.2 156 27 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10727 -46.2 -51.9 52 5.7 -46.4 159 38 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12166 -58.2 -64.1 47 5.9 -58.3 166 31 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 14007 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 202 20 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16639 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 184 20 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.57 m Freezing level: 634.19 mb = 3879.87 m = 12729.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.47 mb = 3366.20 m = 11043.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.22 mb = 1349.25 m = 4426.61 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 19.26 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.04 mb = 1601.33 m = 5253.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.72 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.91 mb = 1422.24 m = 4666.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.91 mb = 1776.04 m = 5826.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.91 mb = 10488.85 m = 34411.83 ft B at Equ Level: 596.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.91 mb = 13247.58 m = 43462.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.9 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 152.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -12.6 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 946.92 Bulk Shear: 0.63 m/s