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: 54.04,-114.18 Latitude: 54.04 Longitude: -114.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 545 SFC 936 672 23.7 18.5 72 5.3 20.1 340 5 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.3 14.44 3 900 1014 19.1 16.7 86 2.4 17.5 349 5 301.2 303.6 294.4 340.6 13.40 4 850 1503 14.8 14.1 96 0.7 14.4 62 5 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.1 12.02 5 800 2015 12.0 11.0 93 1.0 11.4 147 15 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.9 10.38 6 750 2553 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 153 19 305.9 307.5 292.0 331.3 8.42 7 700 3121 5.2 2.5 83 2.7 3.7 155 18 308.2 309.5 291.2 328.3 6.57 8 650 3723 2.0 -3.4 68 5.3 -0.6 158 19 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.59 9 600 4364 -1.8 -8.3 61 6.5 -4.6 162 17 314.0 314.7 290.2 324.9 3.41 10 550 5051 -4.6 -24.5 19 19.9 -10.4 161 20 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.9 0.95 11 500 5792 -10.2 -36.5 10 26.3 -15.4 157 24 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.34 12 450 6595 -15.3 -46.4 5 31.0 -19.7 159 27 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.13 13 400 7473 -21.2 -46.9 8 25.7 -24.4 159 31 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 14 350 8443 -29.1 -47.1 16 18.0 -30.9 158 26 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 15 300 9525 -37.7 -54.8 15 17.2 -38.7 163 20 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 16 250 10755 -48.0 -57.5 32 9.6 -48.3 169 21 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.06 17 200 12190 -56.8 -63.7 42 6.8 -56.9 170 27 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14039 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 199 12 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16649 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 185 6 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.99 m Freezing level: 624.05 mb = 4055.57 m = 13305.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.20 mb = 3633.20 m = 11919.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.86 mb = 1334.89 m = 4379.50 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1424.57 m = 4673.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.81 C = 73.06 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.27 mb = 1430.02 m = 4691.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.27 mb = 1480.03 m = 4855.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.27 mb = 11806.91 m = 38736.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.27 mb = 13942.64 m = 45743.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.6 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 185.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 106.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 16.27 Bulk Shear: 67.49 m/s