MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 53.84,-113.62 Latitude: 53.84 Longitude: -113.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 509 SFC 931 686 25.4 11.0 41 14.4 16.2 310 6 304.7 306.3 292.1 331.3 8.89 3 900 981 21.9 8.7 43 13.3 13.8 312 8 304.1 305.6 291.0 327.7 7.85 4 850 1473 17.1 7.8 54 9.3 11.5 312 8 304.1 305.5 291.0 327.6 7.85 5 800 1986 12.1 6.8 70 5.3 9.0 312 8 304.1 305.5 291.0 327.4 7.78 6 750 2522 7.1 4.8 85 2.4 5.8 311 8 304.3 305.7 290.6 326.0 7.20 7 700 3086 4.0 -1.2 69 5.1 1.4 293 9 306.9 307.8 289.5 322.3 5.03 8 650 3685 0.7 -4.6 68 5.3 -1.8 278 11 309.8 310.5 289.6 322.9 4.19 9 600 4323 -3.4 -9.4 64 5.9 -5.9 269 12 312.1 312.7 289.4 322.2 3.14 10 550 5005 -7.7 -25.9 22 18.1 -12.5 255 12 314.9 315.1 288.0 317.8 0.84 11 500 5739 -12.7 -29.4 23 16.8 -16.4 240 15 317.6 317.7 288.7 319.9 0.67 12 450 6534 -17.7 -33.5 24 15.8 -20.7 226 23 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.50 13 400 7404 -24.3 -39.6 23 15.3 -26.4 218 29 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.31 14 350 8359 -32.5 -38.7 54 6.2 -33.3 221 29 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.38 15 300 9427 -41.4 -46.4 58 5.0 -41.7 226 41 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 16 250 10636 -51.0 -57.5 46 6.5 -51.2 231 39 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 17 200 12074 -52.7 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.0 221 28 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13951 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.8 201 25 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.01 19 100 16601 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 194 20 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.25 m Freezing level: 641.53 mb = 3793.46 m = 12445.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.39 mb = 3339.81 m = 10957.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.79 mb = 2479.82 m = 8135.80 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2746.43 m = 9010.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.77 mb = 2612.06 m = 8569.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.77 mb = 4103.53 m = 13462.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.77 mb = 9498.38 m = 31162.29 ft B at Equ Level: 60.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.77 mb = 10720.01 m = 35170.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -1.2 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 9.16 m/s