MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.64,-114.65 Latitude: 54.64 Longitude: -114.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 550 SFC 934 696 20.7 17.4 82 3.3 18.4 326 7 299.6 302.1 294.1 339.1 13.51 3 900 1016 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 328 12 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.7 12.63 4 850 1504 15.8 12.0 78 3.9 13.4 88 1 302.7 304.7 292.7 333.6 10.40 5 800 2017 12.9 10.0 82 2.9 11.0 185 14 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.8 9.66 6 750 2556 8.7 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 176 18 306.0 307.7 292.5 333.0 8.95 7 700 3124 4.9 1.8 80 3.1 3.2 172 16 307.9 309.1 290.9 327.1 6.26 8 650 3724 1.6 -3.4 69 5.0 -0.9 169 15 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.1 4.58 9 600 4366 -1.4 -6.4 69 5.0 -3.7 168 16 314.5 315.2 290.9 327.1 3.95 10 550 5054 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.0 172 16 317.1 317.8 291.4 328.9 3.67 11 500 5797 -9.2 -37.7 8 28.5 -14.8 167 23 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.9 0.30 12 450 6601 -15.1 -41.1 9 26.0 -19.4 163 23 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.23 13 400 7479 -21.5 -40.5 16 19.0 -24.3 171 22 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.28 14 350 8449 -28.6 -41.8 27 13.2 -30.2 173 19 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.28 15 300 9532 -37.9 -46.5 40 8.6 -38.5 160 17 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.20 16 250 10761 -48.3 -57.1 36 8.7 -48.7 164 24 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12192 -57.2 -64.5 39 7.2 -57.3 187 23 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 14042 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 216 16 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16651 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 242 5 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.19 m Freezing level: 623.74 mb = 4061.21 m = 13324.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.47 mb = 3594.69 m = 11793.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.24 mb = 1109.26 m = 3639.25 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 8.75 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2000.30 m = 6562.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.42 mb = 1499.39 m = 4919.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.42 mb = 2495.66 m = 8187.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.42 mb = 10879.34 m = 35692.93 ft B at Equ Level: 343.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.42 mb = 12678.77 m = 41596.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.9 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 201.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -22.5 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 85.29 m/s