MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.64,-115.01 Latitude: 54.64 Longitude: -115.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 558 SFC 919 847 17.9 16.8 93 1.1 17.2 308 3 298.2 300.6 293.4 336.6 13.21 3 900 1023 16.9 16.1 95 0.7 16.4 321 10 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.5 12.91 4 850 1509 15.1 12.5 84 2.6 13.4 191 3 302.0 303.9 292.7 333.8 10.76 5 800 2022 13.0 9.7 80 3.3 11.0 195 11 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.5 9.50 6 750 2562 8.9 8.1 95 0.7 8.4 190 15 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.6 9.10 7 700 3130 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.2 184 17 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.4 7.86 8 650 3733 2.0 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 182 18 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.8 6.30 9 600 4374 -1.5 -3.0 89 1.6 -2.3 181 21 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.6 5.10 10 550 5063 -5.5 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.3 187 22 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.6 4.05 11 500 5804 -9.9 -17.2 55 7.3 -12.4 192 22 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.6 1.98 12 450 6609 -14.9 -30.5 25 15.6 -18.4 197 23 324.4 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.67 13 400 7488 -21.3 -45.1 10 23.8 -24.4 194 22 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8458 -28.9 -54.8 6 25.8 -30.9 190 22 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 15 300 9540 -37.7 -57.7 11 19.9 -38.8 188 25 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.05 16 250 10769 -48.5 -53.7 55 5.2 -48.7 180 24 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12196 -57.3 -64.7 38 7.4 -57.4 205 28 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14043 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 232 16 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 233 11 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.77 m Freezing level: 621.12 mb = 4103.32 m = 13462.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.68 mb = 3974.55 m = 13039.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.98 mb = 984.96 m = 3231.44 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2087.74 m = 6849.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 267.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.62 mb = 1573.11 m = 5161.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.62 mb = 2687.50 m = 8817.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.62 mb = 10803.95 m = 35445.59 ft B at Equ Level: 266.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.62 mb = 12571.94 m = 41246.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -23.3 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.49 Bulk Shear: 59.65 m/s