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: 53.84,-113.75 Latitude: 53.84 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 68 1 950 514 SFC 931 695 23.8 20.7 83 3.1 21.6 283 3 303.1 306.2 297.2 352.8 16.72 3 900 989 23.1 15.5 62 7.6 17.9 264 3 305.3 307.6 294.9 342.5 12.44 4 850 1485 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.8 137 6 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.6 10.73 5 800 2003 14.8 9.1 69 5.7 11.3 126 11 307.0 308.7 292.9 334.5 9.12 6 750 2544 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 125 12 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.83 7 700 3113 4.9 4.7 99 0.2 4.8 122 15 307.9 309.4 292.1 331.4 7.69 8 650 3714 1.3 -0.5 88 1.8 0.4 132 16 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.1 5.68 9 600 4355 -2.0 -5.2 79 3.2 -3.5 140 16 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.5 4.33 10 550 5042 -6.2 -8.2 86 2.0 -7.1 160 13 316.7 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.74 11 500 5782 -9.6 -30.0 17 20.3 -14.5 155 16 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.6 0.64 12 450 6587 -15.1 -46.1 5 31.0 -19.6 156 19 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.14 13 400 7465 -21.6 -42.3 14 20.7 -24.4 150 22 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 14 350 8432 -28.9 -49.1 12 20.2 -30.7 153 23 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.13 15 300 9515 -37.8 -53.4 18 15.5 -38.8 162 24 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.09 16 250 10743 -48.6 -57.7 34 9.1 -49.0 166 26 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 17 200 12179 -55.1 -66.1 24 11.0 -55.3 170 26 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14041 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 197 20 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.6 -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: 5713.40 m Freezing level: 630.37 mb = 3965.69 m = 13010.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3773.50 m = 12380.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.01 mb = 1095.91 m = 3595.46 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2176.59 m = 7140.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.41 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1495.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.89 mb = 1993.18 m = 6539.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.89 mb = 2368.40 m = 7770.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.89 mb = 11992.06 m = 39343.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1475.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.89 mb = 14219.96 m = 46652.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.4 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 172.4 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 52.17 Bulk Shear: 28.67 m/s