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: 54.69,-114.05 Latitude: 54.69 Longitude: -114.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 537 SFC 938 650 26.0 18.1 62 7.9 20.5 21 6 304.7 307.3 295.9 346.7 14.09 3 900 1009 20.7 16.8 78 3.9 18.0 28 8 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.7 13.47 4 850 1500 16.3 13.9 85 2.5 14.7 63 9 303.3 305.4 293.9 338.3 11.81 5 800 2015 13.7 9.9 78 3.8 11.3 128 10 305.8 307.6 293.0 334.8 9.64 6 750 2555 9.1 6.4 84 2.6 7.5 143 13 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.9 8.09 7 700 3123 4.4 1.9 84 2.5 3.1 149 16 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.6 6.29 8 650 3721 0.8 -11.4 39 12.3 -4.0 145 15 309.9 310.4 288.0 317.8 2.45 9 600 4361 -1.5 -21.0 21 19.5 -7.7 150 16 314.3 314.6 288.2 318.4 1.19 10 550 5048 -5.2 -40.4 4 35.2 -12.0 158 19 318.0 318.0 288.3 318.7 0.21 11 500 5789 -9.9 -40.7 6 30.8 -15.4 172 23 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.22 12 450 6594 -14.6 -46.5 5 31.9 -19.2 177 25 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.13 13 400 7475 -20.3 -50.6 5 30.3 -23.8 185 28 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.09 14 350 8447 -28.5 -46.3 16 17.8 -30.3 192 28 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.17 15 300 9530 -37.5 -47.2 36 9.7 -38.2 188 23 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.18 16 250 10761 -48.2 -53.0 58 4.8 -48.4 198 29 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12187 -59.2 -63.0 61 3.9 -59.2 196 30 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 14029 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 208 18 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 197 7 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.21 m Freezing level: 632.46 mb = 3945.85 m = 12945.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.37 mb = 3376.20 m = 11076.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.18 mb = 1639.44 m = 5378.67 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 28.96 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1834.45 m = 6018.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.80 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1410.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.20 mb = 1649.40 m = 5411.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.20 mb = 2118.17 m = 6949.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.20 mb = 12508.79 m = 41038.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1366.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.20 mb = 14464.65 m = 47455.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 182.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 24.96 Bulk Shear: 56.50 m/s