MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.92,-113.39 Latitude: 53.92 Longitude: -113.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 542 SFC 937 663 25.2 18.3 65 6.9 20.4 193 2 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.4 14.26 3 900 1013 20.1 16.7 81 3.3 17.8 177 2 302.2 304.6 294.8 341.9 13.44 4 850 1504 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.3 163 11 303.8 305.8 293.6 337.0 11.16 5 800 2018 12.8 10.7 87 2.1 11.5 157 12 304.8 306.7 293.1 335.3 10.17 6 750 2558 8.8 5.5 80 3.2 6.9 148 13 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.1 7.59 7 700 3124 5.4 -5.8 44 11.1 0.3 145 18 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.55 8 650 3727 2.4 -9.9 40 12.2 -2.8 151 16 311.7 312.2 288.9 320.6 2.78 9 600 4367 -1.8 -19.1 25 17.4 -7.5 156 16 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.8 1.40 10 550 5055 -4.7 -30.9 11 26.2 -11.1 152 19 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.4 0.53 11 500 5797 -9.9 -33.4 13 23.5 -15.0 153 23 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.6 0.46 12 450 6601 -15.1 -43.5 7 28.4 -19.4 157 27 324.3 324.3 290.3 324.9 0.18 13 400 7479 -21.1 -44.1 11 23.0 -24.2 153 31 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.19 14 350 8449 -28.9 -48.6 13 19.7 -30.7 157 28 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 15 300 9532 -37.7 -55.1 15 17.3 -38.7 160 28 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 16 250 10762 -48.0 -59.6 25 11.6 -48.3 163 29 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12197 -56.9 -63.2 45 6.3 -57.1 167 22 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14045 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 208 9 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -55.0 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 182 4 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.33 m Freezing level: 621.18 mb = 4095.81 m = 13437.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.83 mb = 3172.77 m = 10409.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.68 mb = 1537.63 m = 5044.65 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 26.85 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.34 mb = 1815.90 m = 5957.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 28.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1178.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.51 mb = 1660.37 m = 5447.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.51 mb = 2023.51 m = 6638.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.51 mb = 11898.22 m = 39035.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1172.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.51 mb = 14065.78 m = 46147.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 183.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 46.44 Bulk Shear: 25.37 m/s