MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 54.07,-106.70 Latitude: 54.07 Longitude: -106.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 951 563 23.5 14.8 58 8.6 17.8 7 9 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.9 11.22 2 950 575 23.5 14.9 58 8.6 17.8 7 7 301.1 303.1 292.9 334.3 11.30 3 900 1045 19.3 14.2 72 5.1 15.9 16 19 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.8 11.35 4 850 1535 18.0 7.6 51 10.4 11.7 323 6 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.4 7.74 5 800 2050 13.5 6.1 61 7.5 9.2 294 9 305.6 306.9 291.1 327.9 7.39 6 750 2588 8.3 4.8 78 3.5 6.3 292 10 305.6 306.9 291.0 327.4 7.20 7 700 3154 3.6 1.4 85 2.2 2.5 290 14 306.5 307.7 290.3 325.0 6.06 8 650 3752 -0.3 -2.5 85 2.3 -1.4 288 18 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.8 4.88 9 600 4388 -4.1 -12.4 52 8.3 -7.2 286 21 311.4 311.8 288.5 319.3 2.45 10 550 5068 -8.3 -25.2 24 16.9 -12.8 287 23 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.3 0.90 11 500 5800 -13.0 -31.1 20 18.1 -16.9 289 25 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.57 12 450 6593 -18.9 -27.8 45 8.9 -20.8 293 25 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.5 0.87 13 400 7458 -25.2 -37.0 33 11.8 -26.9 298 25 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.40 14 350 8413 -32.4 -49.6 17 17.2 -33.7 306 24 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.12 15 300 9479 -41.8 -45.7 65 3.9 -42.0 324 29 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.21 16 250 10686 -51.9 -55.6 65 3.6 -52.0 330 27 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 17 200 12109 -56.0 -69.6 17 13.6 -56.2 304 34 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13958 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 291 33 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16557 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 314 23 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.09 m Freezing level: 653.39 mb = 3711.17 m = 12175.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.93 mb = 3532.25 m = 11588.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.96 mb = 1655.97 m = 5432.90 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.39 mb = 2353.72 m = 7722.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1007.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.64 mb = 1948.01 m = 6391.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.64 mb = 2647.13 m = 8684.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.64 mb = 11090.67 m = 36386.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1004.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.64 mb = 13359.62 m = 43830.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -21.9 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 20.49 Bulk Shear: 49.19 m/s