MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.61,-114.78 Latitude: 53.61 Longitude: -114.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 538 SFC 925 768 21.5 19.0 86 2.4 19.8 26 8 301.3 304.0 295.7 345.8 15.15 3 900 1007 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.6 31 9 300.6 303.1 294.6 341.1 13.82 4 850 1494 14.5 14.0 97 0.4 14.2 68 12 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.94 5 800 2006 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 128 16 303.7 305.6 292.6 333.4 9.93 6 750 2543 8.3 7.6 95 0.7 7.9 131 18 305.6 307.3 292.3 332.1 8.80 7 700 3111 5.0 3.6 91 1.4 4.2 138 21 308.0 309.4 291.6 329.8 7.11 8 650 3712 1.4 0.2 91 1.3 0.7 150 21 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.1 5.96 9 600 4353 -2.3 -4.0 88 1.8 -3.1 154 22 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.5 4.74 10 550 5040 -5.7 -6.6 93 1.0 -6.1 150 21 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.0 4.24 11 500 5783 -9.7 -10.5 93 0.9 -10.0 150 18 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.6 3.43 12 450 6590 -14.2 -21.0 56 6.8 -16.2 166 20 325.4 325.7 292.0 330.9 1.59 13 400 7470 -20.9 -46.0 9 25.1 -24.1 171 26 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15 14 350 8442 -28.5 -49.1 12 20.6 -30.4 180 29 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9526 -37.6 -51.7 22 14.1 -38.5 180 26 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 16 250 10755 -48.2 -55.1 45 6.9 -48.5 183 27 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12182 -58.9 -63.5 55 4.6 -58.9 184 29 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 14027 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 195 21 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16645 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 183 9 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.66 m Freezing level: 630.77 mb = 3958.91 m = 12988.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.51 mb = 3830.19 m = 12566.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.09 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.87 mb = 1074.57 m = 3525.45 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1377.63 m = 4519.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.37 C = 70.46 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 965.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.40 mb = 1380.76 m = 4530.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.40 mb = 1430.44 m = 4692.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.40 mb = 11980.25 m = 39304.80 ft B at Equ Level: 964.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.40 mb = 13758.63 m = 45139.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.5 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 172.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 14.25 Bulk Shear: 67.75 m/s