MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.16,-114.05 Latitude: 53.16 Longitude: -114.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 553 SFC 924 795 24.2 20.3 79 3.8 21.4 215 2 304.1 307.2 297.3 353.2 16.48 3 900 1030 24.5 13.2 49 11.3 17.0 126 4 306.7 308.7 294.0 338.9 10.66 4 850 1527 19.8 12.0 61 7.8 14.7 108 5 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.4 10.44 5 800 2045 14.8 10.9 78 3.9 12.3 104 6 306.9 308.8 293.8 337.9 10.29 6 750 2587 10.0 7.5 85 2.5 8.5 110 9 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.8 8.71 7 700 3158 6.2 3.3 82 2.9 4.6 120 14 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.7 6.95 8 650 3761 2.4 -1.1 78 3.4 0.6 137 13 311.6 312.7 291.3 328.7 5.46 9 600 4404 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.4 157 13 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.05 10 550 5093 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.7 156 14 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.5 2.85 11 500 5836 -9.7 -20.6 41 10.9 -13.0 155 15 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.3 1.48 12 450 6641 -14.9 -23.0 50 8.1 -17.1 161 15 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.2 1.34 13 400 7522 -20.1 -23.8 72 3.8 -21.0 165 8 328.9 329.2 292.7 333.8 1.40 14 350 8496 -28.1 -33.6 59 5.5 -29.0 200 6 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.64 15 300 9582 -37.1 -42.7 56 5.6 -37.6 195 12 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.30 16 250 10814 -47.6 -51.4 65 3.7 -47.8 213 13 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12248 -57.2 -61.6 58 4.3 -57.3 238 17 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14100 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 246 10 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16704 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 257 8 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.01 m Freezing level: 615.61 mb = 4203.48 m = 13790.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3855.80 m = 12650.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.08 mb = 1283.96 m = 4212.43 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 26.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.82 mb = 2411.82 m = 7912.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 917.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.85 mb = 2324.28 m = 7625.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.85 mb = 2488.65 m = 8164.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.85 mb = 11970.09 m = 39271.46 ft B at Equ Level: 909.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.85 mb = 14149.43 m = 46421.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 114.68 Bulk Shear: 8.00 m/s