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: 54.89,-113.85 Latitude: 54.89 Longitude: -113.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 538 SFC 938 653 25.7 18.4 64 7.3 20.6 17 5 304.4 307.1 296.0 347.3 14.39 3 900 1011 20.7 16.9 79 3.8 18.1 24 6 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.9 13.54 4 850 1502 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.2 76 6 303.5 305.6 293.4 336.6 11.13 5 800 2017 13.8 10.0 78 3.8 11.4 143 8 305.8 307.6 293.0 334.9 9.66 6 750 2557 9.2 6.5 83 2.7 7.6 157 12 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.3 8.15 7 700 3125 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 159 15 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.03 8 650 3723 1.0 -13.0 34 14.0 -4.4 146 15 310.1 310.5 287.8 317.0 2.15 9 600 4363 -1.3 -29.2 10 27.9 -8.6 150 15 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.57 10 550 5050 -5.2 -37.4 6 32.2 -11.9 163 17 317.9 318.0 288.4 318.9 0.28 11 500 5790 -10.0 -40.5 6 30.6 -15.4 172 22 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.22 12 450 6596 -14.6 -44.4 6 29.8 -19.1 178 25 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.16 13 400 7476 -20.5 -49.2 6 28.8 -23.8 185 28 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.11 14 350 8448 -28.4 -54.9 6 26.4 -30.5 195 26 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.06 15 300 9531 -37.5 -43.6 53 6.1 -38.1 188 21 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.27 16 250 10761 -48.1 -51.7 66 3.6 -48.3 199 29 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12188 -59.4 -63.1 62 3.7 -59.5 200 31 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 18 150 14029 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 211 18 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16643 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 202 7 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.99 m Freezing level: 628.31 mb = 4000.84 m = 13125.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.85 mb = 3348.62 m = 10986.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.01 mb = 1571.83 m = 5156.85 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 30.69 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1923.78 m = 6311.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.73 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.20 mb = 1681.50 m = 5516.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.20 mb = 2258.81 m = 7410.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.20 mb = 12278.51 m = 40283.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.20 mb = 14604.60 m = 47914.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.8 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 187.8 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 26.45 Bulk Shear: 49.84 m/s