MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.58,-114.81 Latitude: 54.58 Longitude: -114.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 563 SFC 930 743 19.6 18.4 93 1.2 18.8 310 6 298.9 301.5 294.6 340.9 14.43 3 900 1031 19.1 16.0 82 3.1 17.0 311 10 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.9 12.80 4 850 1522 17.3 12.7 75 4.5 14.3 235 4 304.2 306.3 293.6 336.9 10.94 5 800 2037 13.9 10.0 77 3.9 11.4 173 8 306.0 307.8 293.1 335.1 9.67 6 750 2578 9.4 7.8 89 1.6 8.4 169 9 306.8 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.88 7 700 3147 5.5 4.5 94 0.9 4.9 169 13 308.5 310.0 292.2 331.7 7.58 8 650 3750 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.3 171 17 310.8 312.0 291.8 330.4 6.32 9 600 4391 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 163 16 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.27 10 550 5078 -5.2 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.5 156 14 318.0 318.8 292.4 332.5 4.50 11 500 5820 -10.2 -13.8 75 3.6 -11.6 162 18 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.3 2.63 12 450 6623 -15.8 -19.4 74 3.6 -16.9 164 19 323.4 323.8 291.6 329.7 1.83 13 400 7501 -21.3 -23.8 80 2.5 -21.9 174 16 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.40 14 350 8473 -28.3 -31.2 76 2.9 -28.7 190 12 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.81 15 300 9559 -37.1 -40.4 72 3.3 -37.4 195 13 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10789 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.5 -48.7 217 16 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12215 -57.8 -63.2 50 5.4 -57.9 235 26 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 14070 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 235 13 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16672 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 225 2 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.14 m Freezing level: 628.22 mb = 4028.82 m = 13217.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 3968.02 m = 13018.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.82 mb = 899.23 m = 2950.18 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.38 mb = 2117.46 m = 6946.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.12 mb = 1661.79 m = 5451.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.12 mb = 2565.48 m = 8416.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.12 mb = 11573.32 m = 37969.74 ft B at Equ Level: 785.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.12 mb = 13608.37 m = 44646.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.1 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 198.1 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -15.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 54.33 m/s