MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 49.80,-113.85 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -113.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 565 2 900 1036 SFC 877 1259 18.9 15.9 83 3.0 16.8 6 2 303.2 305.6 294.8 341.9 13.06 4 850 1528 17.1 13.5 79 3.6 14.8 60 3 304.1 306.2 293.9 338.5 11.53 5 800 2043 13.5 11.8 90 1.7 12.4 94 12 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.3 10.94 6 750 2584 9.6 8.6 93 1.0 9.0 96 13 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.4 9.40 7 700 3154 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 104 11 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.4 8.09 8 650 3757 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 114 9 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.67 9 600 4399 -1.7 -2.1 97 0.3 -1.9 138 7 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.4 5.48 10 550 5088 -5.4 -5.7 98 0.2 -5.5 153 6 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.3 4.56 11 500 5830 -9.6 -9.9 98 0.3 -9.8 172 6 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.1 3.60 12 450 6635 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.6 -15.6 205 3 324.3 324.7 292.3 332.1 2.30 13 400 7515 -20.9 -27.1 58 6.2 -22.3 155 3 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.5 1.04 14 350 8487 -28.4 -33.7 60 5.3 -29.3 148 2 330.4 330.6 292.4 332.8 0.63 15 300 9572 -37.3 -40.7 70 3.4 -37.7 210 5 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10802 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.1 159 15 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 17 200 12243 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.4 179 13 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14109 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 212 10 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16709 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 214 4 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.94 m Freezing level: 622.80 mb = 4106.26 m = 13471.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.52 mb = 4064.99 m = 13336.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.51 % Est. max temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.80 mb = 1640.90 m = 5383.46 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2250.33 m = 7382.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.98 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 40.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.22 mb = 2093.37 m = 6867.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.22 mb = 2470.63 m = 8105.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.22 mb = 11334.44 m = 37186.03 ft B at Equ Level: 743.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.22 mb = 13288.55 m = 43597.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.8 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 152.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 142.38 Bulk Shear: 5.32 m/s