MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.66,-113.85 Latitude: 54.66 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 107 1 950 549 SFC 937 665 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 323 5 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.3 13.99 3 900 1015 18.2 15.1 82 3.1 16.2 3 13 300.3 302.5 293.3 335.8 12.11 4 850 1505 17.2 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 118 8 304.2 306.2 293.3 336.1 10.70 5 800 2020 13.4 10.4 82 3.0 11.5 166 12 305.5 307.3 293.2 335.3 9.96 6 750 2559 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 164 15 306.3 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.13 7 700 3128 5.3 2.9 84 2.4 3.9 166 16 308.4 309.6 291.5 329.0 6.73 8 650 3730 1.7 -1.4 80 3.1 0.1 166 13 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.5 5.32 9 600 4371 -1.8 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.6 168 12 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.1 3.45 10 550 5057 -6.2 -19.7 33 13.5 -10.5 171 16 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.7 1.46 11 500 5798 -9.8 -39.2 7 29.3 -15.3 166 20 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.26 12 450 6600 -15.9 -42.7 8 26.8 -20.0 164 17 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.20 13 400 7478 -20.9 -52.9 4 32.0 -24.3 171 18 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 14 350 8448 -28.9 -44.1 22 15.2 -30.5 160 18 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.22 15 300 9532 -37.3 -44.6 47 7.2 -37.9 160 23 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.24 16 250 10762 -48.3 -54.6 48 6.4 -48.5 173 28 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12189 -59.0 -63.2 58 4.2 -59.1 193 24 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 18 150 14035 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 210 15 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16645 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 244 5 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.51 m Freezing level: 625.74 mb = 4040.93 m = 13257.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.54 mb = 3747.64 m = 12295.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.84 mb = 1016.08 m = 3333.56 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.63 mb = 2076.18 m = 6811.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 580.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.61 mb = 1609.12 m = 5279.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.61 mb = 2508.26 m = 8229.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.61 mb = 11447.06 m = 37555.52 ft B at Equ Level: 576.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.61 mb = 13438.47 m = 44088.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 193.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 77.36 m/s