MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.47,-110.41 Latitude: 54.47 Longitude: -110.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 537 SFC 948 554 23.4 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 77 3 301.1 303.8 295.1 343.2 14.33 3 900 1010 22.3 11.8 51 10.5 15.5 146 8 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.6 9.71 4 850 1504 18.2 9.5 57 8.7 12.8 142 11 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.6 8.79 5 800 2019 13.6 7.8 68 5.8 10.0 140 13 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.6 8.30 6 750 2558 8.5 6.5 87 2.0 7.3 137 13 305.8 307.3 291.8 330.4 8.14 7 700 3124 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.2 138 15 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.6 7.33 8 650 3725 0.8 0.2 96 0.6 0.5 150 19 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.3 5.98 9 600 4364 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.1 -3.9 154 15 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.6 4.38 10 550 5048 -7.1 -9.4 83 2.4 -8.0 157 19 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.7 3.41 11 500 5785 -12.1 -13.0 93 0.8 -12.5 157 19 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.82 12 450 6585 -16.7 -19.8 77 3.0 -17.6 165 19 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.77 13 400 7459 -21.8 -32.3 38 10.5 -23.8 173 21 326.6 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.64 14 350 8427 -29.4 -34.3 63 4.9 -30.2 172 22 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.60 15 300 9508 -38.2 -43.0 61 4.8 -38.6 171 23 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.29 16 250 10734 -48.4 -53.4 56 5.0 -48.6 161 25 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 17 200 12176 -53.9 -64.7 25 10.9 -54.1 165 24 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14038 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 205 16 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16654 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 219 8 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.54 m Freezing level: 639.68 mb = 3856.53 m = 12652.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3793.22 m = 12444.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.95 mb = 1175.31 m = 3855.96 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2322.09 m = 7618.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 629.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.74 mb = 2105.63 m = 6908.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.74 mb = 2483.32 m = 8147.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.74 mb = 10819.38 m = 35496.23 ft B at Equ Level: 626.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.74 mb = 12976.69 m = 42573.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 180.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 50.33 Bulk Shear: 12.52 m/s