MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.78,-113.98 Latitude: 53.78 Longitude: -113.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 518 SFC 930 707 23.2 20.1 83 3.0 21.0 295 8 302.5 305.5 296.7 350.4 16.18 3 900 991 21.3 18.0 82 3.3 19.0 300 12 303.5 306.2 295.9 346.8 14.60 4 850 1485 18.2 14.0 77 4.2 15.4 223 0 305.2 307.4 294.5 340.8 11.89 5 800 2002 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.3 122 10 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.8 9.44 6 750 2542 9.1 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 120 12 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.02 7 700 3111 5.0 4.2 94 0.9 4.5 117 16 308.1 309.4 291.9 330.6 7.39 8 650 3712 1.7 -0.9 83 2.6 0.4 130 18 310.9 311.9 291.2 328.1 5.53 9 600 4353 -1.9 -5.3 78 3.3 -3.5 143 17 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.6 4.31 10 550 5040 -6.4 -8.5 86 2.0 -7.3 156 13 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.67 11 500 5781 -9.8 -18.4 50 8.5 -12.6 153 15 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.2 1.80 12 450 6585 -15.3 -38.8 12 23.5 -19.4 154 18 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 13 400 7463 -21.6 -42.0 14 20.5 -24.4 150 23 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8430 -28.9 -48.1 14 19.2 -30.7 152 22 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 15 300 9513 -37.9 -52.6 20 14.7 -38.8 160 22 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 16 250 10740 -48.6 -57.1 37 8.5 -48.9 166 26 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12176 -55.0 -65.8 25 10.7 -55.2 169 28 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14039 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 197 21 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 207 13 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.89 m Freezing level: 626.64 mb = 4011.86 m = 13162.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3771.61 m = 12373.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.95 mb = 1088.43 m = 3570.92 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1877.59 m = 6159.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.95 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 41.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1906.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.63 mb = 1650.54 m = 5415.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.63 mb = 2121.43 m = 6959.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.63 mb = 12220.68 m = 40093.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1877.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.63 mb = 15031.09 m = 49314.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.0 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 171.0 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -14.7 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 28.94 Bulk Shear: 65.88 m/s