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: 54.15,-106.33 Latitude: 54.15 Longitude: -106.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 951 567 23.4 15.2 60 8.2 17.9 11 9 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.7 11.52 2 950 575 23.5 15.2 60 8.2 18.0 12 8 301.0 303.1 293.0 335.0 11.54 3 900 1044 19.2 14.4 74 4.8 16.0 16 19 301.2 303.4 293.1 335.2 11.53 4 850 1533 17.6 9.4 58 8.2 12.5 326 6 304.6 306.2 291.9 330.7 8.72 5 800 2048 13.5 6.0 61 7.5 9.1 290 10 305.5 306.9 291.0 327.7 7.34 6 750 2587 8.2 4.8 79 3.4 6.3 293 11 305.5 306.8 290.9 327.3 7.21 7 700 3152 3.7 0.9 81 2.9 2.2 286 14 306.6 307.7 290.1 324.4 5.83 8 650 3750 -0.3 -2.2 87 1.8 -1.3 288 19 308.6 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.01 9 600 4386 -4.3 -9.1 70 4.7 -6.3 285 21 311.1 311.7 289.2 321.3 3.20 10 550 5065 -8.5 -26.1 23 17.6 -13.0 285 23 314.0 314.1 287.7 316.8 0.82 11 500 5797 -13.2 -31.0 21 17.7 -17.0 287 25 316.9 317.0 288.4 318.9 0.58 12 450 6591 -18.9 -29.3 40 10.4 -21.1 291 25 319.5 319.6 289.4 322.1 0.75 13 400 7455 -25.3 -35.4 39 10.1 -26.9 295 25 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.47 14 350 8410 -32.5 -49.6 17 17.1 -33.8 305 23 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.12 15 300 9475 -41.9 -46.4 62 4.5 -42.2 323 28 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 16 250 10682 -51.9 -55.7 63 3.8 -52.0 327 26 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.08 17 200 12106 -55.9 -70.0 16 14.1 -56.1 302 34 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 13955 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 290 33 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16555 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 313 23 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.46 m Freezing level: 654.26 mb = 3699.18 m = 12136.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.05 mb = 3529.06 m = 11578.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.22 mb = 1601.48 m = 5254.13 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 18.40 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2275.40 m = 7465.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.24 mb = 1856.86 m = 6091.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.24 mb = 2550.78 m = 8368.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.24 mb = 11125.00 m = 36498.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1187.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.24 mb = 13817.77 m = 45333.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -24.3 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 21.78 Bulk Shear: 54.52 m/s