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: 55.55,-113.09 Latitude: 55.55 Longitude: -113.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 543 SFC 939 643 26.1 18.3 62 7.8 20.6 293 5 304.7 307.3 296.0 347.1 14.21 3 900 1015 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 17.9 290 4 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.5 13.40 4 850 1507 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.3 213 11 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.7 10.70 5 800 2023 13.8 9.5 75 4.3 11.2 196 20 305.9 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.37 6 750 2563 9.4 6.2 80 3.2 7.5 191 23 306.8 308.3 292.0 330.9 7.96 7 700 3132 5.4 2.3 80 3.1 3.7 188 23 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.3 6.45 8 650 3734 2.1 -1.9 75 3.9 0.1 184 19 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.4 5.13 9 600 4377 -1.1 -10.7 48 9.5 -5.1 183 18 314.8 315.3 290.0 324.0 2.83 10 550 5065 -4.5 -47.2 2 42.7 -11.8 183 20 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.1 0.10 11 500 5807 -9.7 -36.8 9 27.1 -15.1 185 20 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.33 12 450 6611 -15.4 -36.5 15 21.0 -19.3 180 20 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.37 13 400 7488 -21.7 -43.0 13 21.4 -24.5 181 20 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.21 14 350 8456 -28.7 -49.9 11 21.3 -30.6 186 23 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9540 -37.7 -50.7 24 13.1 -38.5 194 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 16 250 10767 -48.8 -55.9 44 7.1 -49.1 198 31 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12194 -57.8 -64.7 41 6.9 -57.9 199 25 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 14033 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 220 18 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16652 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 236 10 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.84 m Freezing level: 617.71 mb = 4148.97 m = 13611.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.24 mb = 3743.47 m = 12281.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.66 mb = 1631.52 m = 5352.71 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 27.99 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.29 mb = 2019.79 m = 6626.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 36.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.72 mb = 1774.33 m = 5821.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.72 mb = 2248.65 m = 7377.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.72 mb = 12234.73 m = 40139.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1292.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.72 mb = 14538.15 m = 47696.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -20.4 tot: -11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 26.66 Bulk Shear: 49.22 m/s