MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.12,-113.19 Latitude: 54.12 Longitude: -113.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 554 SFC 940 651 24.3 18.9 72 5.4 20.5 322 5 302.8 305.6 295.9 346.7 14.81 3 900 1024 19.0 16.9 88 2.1 17.6 333 4 301.1 303.6 294.6 341.1 13.60 4 850 1515 18.3 10.9 62 7.4 13.6 173 13 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.2 9.65 5 800 2031 13.7 9.1 74 4.5 10.9 168 15 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.12 6 750 2571 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 7.9 166 16 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.0 8.61 7 700 3139 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.2 169 16 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.8 7.02 8 650 3741 1.5 -0.2 88 1.7 0.6 159 13 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.7 5.80 9 600 4382 -1.7 -8.9 58 7.3 -4.8 155 14 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.24 10 550 5069 -4.7 -41.2 4 36.5 -11.7 164 17 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.2 0.19 11 500 5810 -10.1 -39.6 7 29.4 -15.5 164 18 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.25 12 450 6613 -15.6 -39.0 12 23.4 -19.6 162 18 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.29 13 400 7490 -21.6 -44.1 11 22.5 -24.5 163 16 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 14 350 8458 -28.8 -48.1 14 19.2 -30.7 173 17 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 15 300 9541 -37.8 -50.6 25 12.9 -38.6 181 20 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10768 -48.8 -56.1 43 7.3 -49.1 180 28 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12198 -56.5 -65.8 30 9.3 -56.6 188 23 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14046 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 214 16 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 217 6 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.06 m Freezing level: 626.19 mb = 4045.94 m = 13273.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.38 mb = 3810.05 m = 12500.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.31 mb = 1331.91 m = 4369.74 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.44 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.10 mb = 2029.93 m = 6659.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.35 mb = 1693.65 m = 5556.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.35 mb = 2271.15 m = 7451.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.35 mb = 11664.97 m = 38270.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1086.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.35 mb = 14160.63 m = 46458.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 194.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -40.4 tot: -35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 22.79 Bulk Shear: 47.87 m/s