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: 55.49,-113.45 Latitude: 55.49 Longitude: -113.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 542 SFC 932 709 24.7 17.9 66 6.8 20.0 3 4 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.5 13.99 3 900 1014 20.2 16.4 79 3.8 17.6 6 5 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.1 13.13 4 850 1504 16.9 12.0 73 5.0 13.7 146 2 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.39 5 800 2019 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 206 10 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.3 9.44 6 750 2559 9.2 7.0 86 2.1 7.9 199 14 306.5 308.1 292.3 332.0 8.42 7 700 3127 4.7 0.2 73 4.5 2.4 192 14 307.7 308.8 290.2 324.8 5.56 8 650 3727 1.5 -6.3 56 7.8 -2.0 167 13 310.7 311.3 289.4 322.2 3.66 9 600 4368 -2.2 -7.0 70 4.7 -4.4 157 10 313.5 314.2 290.5 325.6 3.78 10 550 5054 -4.9 -38.1 5 33.2 -11.7 173 14 318.3 318.3 288.5 319.3 0.26 11 500 5794 -10.3 -42.1 5 31.8 -15.7 181 21 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.19 12 450 6598 -14.8 -49.6 3 34.8 -19.4 186 23 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.09 13 400 7478 -20.8 -50.0 5 29.2 -24.1 192 25 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.4 0.10 14 350 8448 -28.7 -48.7 13 20.0 -30.6 205 26 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 15 300 9532 -37.6 -45.0 46 7.4 -38.2 203 17 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.23 16 250 10761 -48.3 -52.8 60 4.4 -48.5 206 28 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 17 200 12188 -59.2 -63.4 58 4.2 -59.3 211 28 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 14030 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 219 16 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16642 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 217 6 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.06 m Freezing level: 630.03 mb = 3983.08 m = 13067.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.11 mb = 3444.40 m = 11300.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.85 mb = 1565.83 m = 5137.18 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 23.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.19 mb = 2101.17 m = 6893.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.67 mb = 1781.70 m = 5845.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.67 mb = 2364.37 m = 7757.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.67 mb = 12263.27 m = 40233.35 ft B at Equ Level: 914.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.67 mb = 14130.55 m = 46359.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 211.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -12.0 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 23.47 Bulk Shear: 40.03 m/s