MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 55.52,-113.55 Latitude: 55.52 Longitude: -113.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 521 SFC 928 731 24.4 17.5 65 7.0 19.6 333 4 304.1 306.6 295.4 344.8 13.68 3 900 995 22.2 15.6 66 6.7 17.7 344 6 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.5 12.44 4 850 1488 17.5 14.1 80 3.4 15.3 11 4 304.5 306.7 294.4 340.2 11.97 5 800 2003 12.7 12.4 98 0.3 12.5 64 4 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.6 11.37 6 750 2543 9.1 8.5 96 0.6 8.8 128 9 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.7 9.35 7 700 3111 5.2 4.0 92 1.1 4.5 157 17 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.6 7.33 8 650 3713 1.7 -1.2 81 2.9 0.2 166 23 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.7 5.40 9 600 4354 -1.8 -7.2 67 5.4 -4.3 175 21 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.9 3.71 10 550 5041 -5.3 -26.1 18 20.8 -11.0 168 23 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.7 0.82 11 500 5783 -9.5 -39.8 6 30.3 -15.1 170 24 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.24 12 450 6588 -15.3 -40.5 10 25.2 -19.4 176 26 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 13 400 7465 -21.1 -38.7 19 17.5 -23.9 184 31 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.8 0.34 14 350 8436 -28.5 -33.6 61 5.1 -29.3 185 36 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.64 15 300 9520 -37.5 -42.9 57 5.4 -38.0 188 41 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.29 16 250 10750 -48.2 -55.7 42 7.4 -48.5 191 44 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12183 -57.3 -63.2 47 5.9 -57.4 183 30 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14033 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 199 23 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16649 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.3 229 11 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.14 m Freezing level: 626.17 mb = 4018.55 m = 13184.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.80 mb = 3740.09 m = 12270.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.71 mb = 1612.10 m = 5288.98 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1879.68 m = 6166.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 39.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1293.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.38 mb = 1851.88 m = 6075.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.38 mb = 1904.17 m = 6247.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.38 mb = 12202.96 m = 40035.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.38 mb = 14506.81 m = 47593.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.7 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 195.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 19.97 Bulk Shear: 64.79 m/s