MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.24,-113.75 Latitude: 53.24 Longitude: -113.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 556 SFC 930 740 20.6 17.8 84 2.7 18.7 299 13 299.9 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.95 3 900 1022 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 302 16 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.68 4 850 1507 13.9 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 333 13 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.2 11.04 5 800 2018 11.7 10.5 92 1.2 10.9 137 9 303.6 305.5 292.6 333.4 10.00 6 750 2556 8.6 6.9 90 1.6 7.6 150 20 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.2 8.38 7 700 3123 5.1 2.3 82 2.8 3.6 148 22 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.0 6.47 8 650 3725 1.6 -1.9 78 3.5 -0.2 152 19 310.8 311.7 290.8 326.8 5.13 9 600 4366 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.1 -4.6 155 18 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.2 3.50 10 550 5054 -4.7 -26.3 17 21.6 -10.6 156 22 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.4 0.81 11 500 5796 -9.8 -36.7 9 26.8 -15.2 160 23 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.33 12 450 6600 -15.4 -34.7 18 19.3 -19.1 165 24 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 13 400 7478 -21.0 -34.9 27 13.9 -23.4 164 24 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.49 14 350 8450 -28.4 -36.2 47 7.8 -29.5 170 23 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.4 0.50 15 300 9534 -37.9 -45.1 47 7.2 -38.5 173 22 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 16 250 10759 -49.1 -56.2 44 7.1 -49.4 172 25 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 17 200 12190 -56.5 -63.6 40 7.1 -56.6 176 28 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14043 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 198 21 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16656 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 215 10 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.62 m Freezing level: 627.10 mb = 4018.50 m = 13183.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3699.12 m = 12136.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.42 mb = 1083.93 m = 3556.17 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.09 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1438.96 m = 4720.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.14 C = 70.06 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.52 mb = 1382.84 m = 4536.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.52 mb = 2255.28 m = 7399.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.52 mb = 11087.19 m = 36374.85 ft B at Equ Level: 327.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.52 mb = 12605.28 m = 41355.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 187.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.8 neg: -10.3 tot: 218.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 140.62 m/s