MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 53.57,-115.76 Latitude: 53.57 Longitude: -115.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 551 SFC 915 889 28.2 16.4 49 11.8 20.0 132 4 309.1 311.6 296.3 348.5 12.94 3 900 1031 26.1 14.9 50 11.1 18.5 134 4 308.4 310.6 295.4 344.6 11.96 4 850 1530 21.2 14.0 64 7.1 16.4 138 6 308.3 310.5 295.4 344.4 11.92 5 800 2052 16.1 13.0 82 3.1 14.0 141 6 308.3 310.5 295.3 344.2 11.84 6 750 2597 12.3 7.3 71 5.0 9.2 175 6 310.0 311.6 293.4 336.2 8.57 7 700 3172 8.9 -0.9 50 9.8 3.7 200 4 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.4 5.11 8 650 3780 4.1 -5.4 50 9.4 -0.4 209 4 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.95 9 600 4425 -1.3 -6.1 70 4.8 -3.5 205 3 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.6 4.05 10 550 5112 -5.4 -13.7 52 8.2 -8.5 188 5 317.7 318.1 290.5 325.7 2.42 11 500 5854 -9.8 -19.0 47 9.3 -12.8 197 7 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.9 1.70 12 450 6659 -15.3 -24.1 47 8.7 -17.7 207 8 323.9 324.2 291.2 328.2 1.21 13 400 7535 -21.8 -29.3 51 7.5 -23.4 228 9 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.7 0.84 14 350 8504 -28.7 -34.6 57 5.8 -29.6 250 14 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.58 15 300 9588 -37.7 -45.9 42 8.2 -38.3 253 20 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.21 16 250 10816 -48.8 -54.7 51 5.8 -49.1 252 23 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.09 17 200 12249 -55.0 -65.6 26 10.6 -55.2 241 25 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14102 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.4 235 11 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16704 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 279 7 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.50 m Freezing level: 612.03 mb = 4269.52 m = 14007.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.08 mb = 3716.38 m = 12192.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.41 mb = 2370.16 m = 7776.02 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 22.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2627.50 m = 8620.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1747.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.34 mb = 2425.90 m = 7958.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.34 mb = 3049.97 m = 10006.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.34 mb = 12237.93 m = 40150.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1730.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.34 mb = 15003.16 m = 49222.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.1 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 215.1 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 702.40 Bulk Shear: 2.49 m/s