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: 53.27,-113.78 Latitude: 53.27 Longitude: -113.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 931 732 20.7 17.8 84 2.8 18.7 299 13 299.9 302.4 294.5 340.7 13.94 3 900 1022 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 302 16 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.66 4 850 1507 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 333 12 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.1 11.02 5 800 2018 11.7 10.4 92 1.2 10.9 138 9 303.6 305.5 292.6 333.4 9.98 6 750 2556 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.6 151 20 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.1 8.36 7 700 3123 5.1 2.2 81 3.0 3.5 148 23 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.8 6.40 8 650 3725 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.2 151 19 310.8 311.7 290.7 326.7 5.10 9 600 4366 -1.9 -8.4 61 6.5 -4.7 155 18 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.38 10 550 5054 -4.7 -27.4 15 22.7 -10.8 156 22 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.73 11 500 5796 -9.8 -37.6 8 27.7 -15.2 161 23 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.2 0.30 12 450 6600 -15.3 -35.1 17 19.8 -19.1 165 24 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.43 13 400 7478 -21.0 -34.2 30 13.2 -23.4 164 24 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.53 14 350 8449 -28.4 -35.8 49 7.5 -29.5 170 24 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.4 0.51 15 300 9534 -37.8 -44.7 48 6.9 -38.4 173 22 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.24 16 250 10758 -49.1 -55.8 45 6.7 -49.3 172 25 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12190 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.7 176 28 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 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: 5686.32 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 4017.70 m = 13181.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.86 mb = 3689.41 m = 12104.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.05 mb = 1087.51 m = 3567.89 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1437.11 m = 4714.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 327.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.92 mb = 1378.96 m = 4524.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.92 mb = 2250.97 m = 7384.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.92 mb = 11076.14 m = 36338.60 ft B at Equ Level: 323.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.92 mb = 12591.12 m = 41308.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.8 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 187.8 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.0 neg: -11.2 tot: 212.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 138.65 m/s