MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 54.69,-110.31 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -110.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 566 SFC 945 613 27.1 13.3 43 13.7 18.0 356 4 305.1 307.0 293.3 335.8 10.24 3 900 1039 21.6 11.1 51 10.5 14.9 355 5 303.7 305.5 292.1 331.4 9.25 4 850 1532 18.9 5.7 42 13.3 11.2 281 10 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.5 6.75 5 800 2048 14.6 3.8 48 10.8 8.5 294 10 306.7 307.9 290.5 325.9 6.29 6 750 2589 9.5 2.6 62 6.9 5.7 298 10 306.9 308.0 290.5 325.7 6.15 7 700 3156 4.0 1.8 86 2.2 2.8 297 11 306.9 308.1 290.6 326.1 6.26 8 650 3754 -0.1 -2.5 84 2.4 -1.3 298 12 308.8 309.8 290.0 324.0 4.90 9 600 4390 -3.9 -12.9 49 9.1 -7.3 295 14 311.6 312.1 288.5 319.2 2.35 10 550 5070 -8.4 -26.8 21 18.4 -13.0 300 16 314.1 314.3 287.7 316.8 0.77 11 500 5802 -13.5 -28.7 27 15.2 -16.9 298 18 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.1 0.72 12 450 6595 -19.2 -32.2 31 12.9 -21.7 290 21 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.1 0.57 13 400 7457 -26.1 -39.3 28 13.2 -27.8 289 22 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.2 0.31 14 350 8407 -33.9 -44.7 33 10.8 -34.8 303 21 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.20 15 300 9467 -42.5 -47.3 59 4.8 -42.8 315 22 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 16 250 10673 -51.4 -57.3 49 6.0 -51.5 315 25 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 17 200 12109 -52.8 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.1 302 26 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13969 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.1 296 22 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16564 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 303 17 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.54 m Freezing level: 651.43 mb = 3736.64 m = 12259.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.47 mb = 3563.81 m = 11692.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.05 mb = 2334.95 m = 7660.51 ft T: 11.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.14 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.86 mb = 2846.13 m = 9337.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.60 mb = 2592.92 m = 8506.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.60 mb = 3101.70 m = 10176.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.60 mb = 10813.50 m = 35476.91 ft B at Equ Level: 719.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.60 mb = 12626.88 m = 41426.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 45.43 Bulk Shear: 16.05 m/s