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: 55.43,-113.19 Latitude: 55.43 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 93 1 950 543 SFC 937 668 25.8 18.2 63 7.6 20.5 293 5 304.6 307.3 296.0 347.0 14.19 3 900 1015 20.7 16.7 78 3.9 18.0 291 4 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.6 13.44 4 850 1507 17.5 12.1 71 5.3 14.0 214 10 304.4 306.4 293.3 335.8 10.51 5 800 2023 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.0 196 19 305.8 307.6 292.7 333.8 9.30 6 750 2563 9.3 6.7 84 2.6 7.8 189 23 306.7 308.2 292.2 331.7 8.26 7 700 3132 5.3 2.2 81 3.1 3.7 187 23 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.1 6.44 8 650 3734 2.0 -2.5 72 4.4 -0.2 180 19 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.6 4.91 9 600 4376 -1.1 -11.6 45 10.5 -5.4 180 18 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.4 2.62 10 550 5064 -4.5 -46.5 2 42.0 -11.8 181 20 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.1 0.11 11 500 5806 -9.7 -34.5 11 24.7 -15.0 182 21 321.2 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.41 12 450 6610 -15.4 -36.6 14 21.2 -19.3 178 21 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.37 13 400 7487 -21.6 -43.8 12 22.1 -24.5 179 20 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.20 14 350 8456 -28.6 -50.1 11 21.4 -30.6 184 23 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9540 -37.7 -50.6 25 12.9 -38.6 193 23 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10767 -48.8 -56.1 43 7.3 -49.1 197 31 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12193 -57.8 -64.6 41 6.9 -57.9 197 25 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 14033 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 218 18 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16652 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 232 10 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.42 m Freezing level: 618.19 mb = 4142.21 m = 13589.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3699.00 m = 12135.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.86 mb = 1629.43 m = 5345.83 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 27.88 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2037.16 m = 6683.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1222.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.38 mb = 1788.11 m = 5866.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.38 mb = 2262.97 m = 7424.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.38 mb = 12277.59 m = 40280.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1192.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.38 mb = 14147.21 m = 46414.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 216.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -22.2 tot: -14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 24.47 Bulk Shear: 49.95 m/s