MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 54.58,-109.58 Latitude: 54.58 Longitude: -109.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 534 SFC 943 600 27.0 10.7 36 16.3 16.7 137 7 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.2 8.61 3 900 1010 23.8 9.7 41 14.1 15.0 142 16 306.0 307.6 292.1 331.5 8.43 4 850 1505 18.9 8.7 51 10.2 12.6 141 17 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.1 8.32 5 800 2021 13.9 7.6 66 6.3 10.1 141 17 305.9 307.5 291.9 330.8 8.22 6 750 2560 8.6 6.6 87 2.0 7.4 141 17 305.9 307.5 291.9 330.7 8.18 7 700 3127 4.1 3.0 92 1.1 3.5 139 15 307.1 308.3 291.1 327.9 6.82 8 650 3726 0.8 -1.5 85 2.3 -0.4 146 13 309.9 310.8 290.6 326.2 5.27 9 600 4366 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.1 142 16 313.3 313.9 290.0 324.0 3.33 10 550 5051 -6.2 -20.4 31 14.2 -10.6 149 19 316.8 317.0 289.2 321.4 1.37 11 500 5790 -10.7 -17.3 58 6.6 -12.9 159 17 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.97 12 450 6593 -15.6 -20.4 67 4.7 -17.0 168 18 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.4 1.68 13 400 7472 -21.0 -28.3 52 7.3 -22.6 174 20 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.93 14 350 8443 -28.7 -34.1 60 5.4 -29.5 182 20 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.61 15 300 9528 -37.1 -44.8 45 7.7 -37.8 185 24 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10759 -48.0 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.1 179 27 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 17 200 12194 -56.4 -63.3 42 6.9 -56.6 178 21 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14044 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 213 12 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16652 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 233 4 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.84 m Freezing level: 637.86 mb = 3881.72 m = 12735.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3664.78 m = 12023.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.32 mb = 2644.94 m = 8677.51 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.56 mb = 2820.99 m = 9255.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.06 mb = 2747.89 m = 9015.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.06 mb = 2917.53 m = 9571.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.06 mb = 5974.57 m = 19601.38 ft B at Equ Level: 47.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 388.06 mb = 7692.24 m = 25236.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.2 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 177.2 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.71 Bulk Shear: 2.10 m/s