MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.92,-113.45 Latitude: 54.92 Longitude: -113.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 529 SFC 939 632 25.9 18.0 62 7.9 20.4 331 1 304.5 307.1 295.8 346.1 13.97 3 900 1004 22.4 15.6 66 6.8 17.8 79 1 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.8 12.49 4 850 1498 17.6 14.4 82 3.2 15.5 105 3 304.6 306.8 294.6 341.1 12.25 5 800 2012 12.8 12.4 97 0.4 12.6 111 6 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.9 11.40 6 750 2552 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.8 140 13 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.7 9.42 7 700 3120 5.3 2.8 84 2.4 3.9 157 22 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.9 6.72 8 650 3722 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 0.0 162 23 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.2 5.18 9 600 4364 -1.2 -10.2 50 9.0 -5.0 167 19 314.7 315.3 290.0 324.2 2.92 10 550 5053 -4.6 -25.3 18 20.7 -10.5 166 22 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.7 0.89 11 500 5795 -9.5 -36.6 9 27.1 -15.0 170 26 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.6 0.33 12 450 6600 -15.0 -44.6 6 29.6 -19.4 172 29 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 13 400 7478 -21.3 -42.7 13 21.3 -24.3 171 36 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.22 14 350 8448 -28.6 -48.0 14 19.4 -30.5 169 37 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.14 15 300 9530 -37.9 -51.6 23 13.7 -38.8 170 36 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 16 250 10758 -48.2 -59.1 27 11.0 -48.5 169 37 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 17 200 12191 -57.6 -63.0 50 5.5 -57.7 176 24 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 14036 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 183 15 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16653 -54.0 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.6 215 12 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.85 m Freezing level: 619.81 mb = 4109.87 m = 13483.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.80 mb = 3724.73 m = 12220.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.67 mb = 1631.78 m = 5353.56 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1852.20 m = 6076.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.14 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 39.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.65 mb = 1827.06 m = 5994.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.65 mb = 1879.15 m = 6165.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.65 mb = 12431.17 m = 40784.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1441.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.65 mb = 14360.03 m = 47112.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 191.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 36.67 Bulk Shear: 40.44 m/s