MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.89,-113.29 Latitude: 54.89 Longitude: -113.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 543 SFC 943 613 27.2 17.4 55 9.8 20.4 326 5 305.5 308.0 295.6 345.6 13.38 3 900 1016 21.4 15.9 71 5.5 17.7 329 5 303.6 305.9 294.6 341.3 12.70 4 850 1509 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 327 4 303.5 305.8 294.5 340.8 12.55 5 800 2023 13.1 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 196 12 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.5 10.13 6 750 2562 9.2 3.5 68 5.7 6.1 174 18 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.7 6.59 7 700 3130 5.9 -4.8 46 10.7 0.8 170 23 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.0 3.83 8 650 3733 2.2 -6.1 54 8.3 -1.6 171 18 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.2 3.72 9 600 4374 -2.3 -10.1 55 7.8 -5.5 185 17 313.5 314.1 289.7 323.0 2.97 10 550 5058 -6.6 -20.9 31 14.3 -11.0 172 19 316.2 316.5 288.9 320.7 1.31 11 500 5799 -9.6 -42.0 5 32.4 -15.2 170 24 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.1 0.19 12 450 6603 -15.3 -48.5 4 33.3 -19.7 176 25 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.5 0.10 13 400 7481 -21.0 -54.8 3 33.8 -24.4 177 28 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.06 14 350 8453 -28.1 -52.3 8 24.2 -30.2 183 31 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 15 300 9538 -37.5 -53.4 18 15.9 -38.5 177 35 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.09 16 250 10767 -48.5 -55.5 44 7.1 -48.7 185 31 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.08 17 200 12194 -58.9 -61.7 70 2.8 -58.9 181 26 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 18 150 14033 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 203 16 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16646 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 219 10 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.59 m Freezing level: 625.38 mb = 4048.38 m = 13281.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.93 mb = 3330.87 m = 10927.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.50 mb = 1849.68 m = 6068.43 ft T: 14.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 24.57 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1816.17 m = 5958.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1488.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.27 mb = 1748.76 m = 5737.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.27 mb = 1904.17 m = 6247.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.27 mb = 12479.18 m = 40941.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1452.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.27 mb = 14419.18 m = 47306.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 206.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -29.5 tot: -19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 25.25 Bulk Shear: 58.94 m/s