MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.32,-114.45 Latitude: 54.32 Longitude: -114.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 530 SFC 937 647 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 309 3 301.1 304.0 296.3 348.3 16.04 3 900 999 20.5 16.0 75 4.5 17.4 88 3 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.5 12.79 4 850 1491 16.6 14.2 86 2.4 15.0 105 7 303.6 305.8 294.1 339.4 12.06 5 800 2004 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.7 115 9 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.1 10.75 6 750 2542 8.3 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 142 17 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.1 8.48 7 700 3110 5.3 3.3 87 2.0 4.1 155 21 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.5 6.93 8 650 3712 1.7 -0.4 86 2.1 0.6 161 22 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.73 9 600 4353 -2.0 -4.7 82 2.6 -3.3 162 22 313.8 314.6 291.2 328.1 4.51 10 550 5040 -5.8 -7.0 91 1.2 -6.4 157 22 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.4 4.10 11 500 5782 -9.4 -11.9 82 2.6 -10.4 160 23 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.8 3.06 12 450 6588 -15.0 -34.5 17 19.6 -18.8 172 24 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.45 13 400 7468 -20.6 -57.3 2 36.7 -24.1 171 28 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.4 0.04 14 350 8439 -28.8 -51.5 9 22.7 -30.8 172 27 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.09 15 300 9522 -37.8 -56.7 12 18.9 -38.8 177 28 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 16 250 10750 -48.2 -57.2 35 9.0 -48.6 174 27 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12177 -59.3 -62.7 65 3.3 -59.4 182 26 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 14024 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 195 22 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16644 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 201 13 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.18 m Freezing level: 627.56 mb = 4000.01 m = 13123.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3809.41 m = 12497.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.92 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.71 mb = 935.01 m = 3067.59 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 20.23 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.11 mb = 1661.11 m = 5449.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.01 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1434.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.32 mb = 1537.80 m = 5045.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.32 mb = 1792.02 m = 5879.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.32 mb = 12495.22 m = 40994.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1388.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.32 mb = 14454.67 m = 47422.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 185.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 33.44 Bulk Shear: 42.91 m/s