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: 54.81,-113.65 Latitude: 54.81 Longitude: -113.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 536 SFC 938 652 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.8 31 5 305.0 307.7 296.3 348.2 14.44 3 900 1009 21.2 16.8 76 4.4 18.2 38 6 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.5 13.53 4 850 1502 16.8 13.4 80 3.5 14.6 81 7 303.8 305.9 293.8 337.8 11.44 5 800 2017 14.0 9.6 75 4.3 11.2 146 10 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.4 9.43 6 750 2558 9.1 6.9 86 2.2 7.8 152 13 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.35 7 700 3125 4.5 2.0 84 2.5 3.1 157 15 307.5 308.6 290.8 326.8 6.32 8 650 3724 0.7 -8.8 49 9.6 -3.3 148 16 309.8 310.4 288.5 319.4 3.01 9 600 4364 -1.1 -34.4 6 33.3 -8.9 151 15 314.8 314.9 287.4 316.0 0.34 10 550 5051 -5.2 -34.1 8 28.9 -11.7 159 17 317.9 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.39 11 500 5792 -9.9 -39.3 7 29.4 -15.3 170 22 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.25 12 450 6597 -14.5 -47.3 4 32.8 -19.1 175 24 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.12 13 400 7478 -20.4 -52.4 4 31.9 -23.9 185 26 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.08 14 350 8450 -28.5 -51.4 9 22.9 -30.5 194 24 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10 15 300 9533 -37.6 -44.8 47 7.2 -38.2 187 20 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.24 16 250 10763 -48.0 -51.6 66 3.6 -48.1 195 26 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 17 200 12191 -59.6 -63.0 65 3.4 -59.7 198 28 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 18 150 14031 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 212 18 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 203 6 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.74 m Freezing level: 630.34 mb = 3975.58 m = 13043.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.76 mb = 3409.85 m = 11187.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.55 mb = 1637.24 m = 5371.46 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 32.15 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.03 mb = 1942.65 m = 6373.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1486.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.60 mb = 1718.42 m = 5637.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.60 mb = 2190.51 m = 7186.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.60 mb = 12398.67 m = 40677.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1475.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.60 mb = 14777.37 m = 48481.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 185.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 33.62 Bulk Shear: 44.21 m/s