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: 53.9,-114.31 Latitude: 53.90 Longitude: -114.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 523 SFC 932 693 22.4 19.5 84 2.9 20.4 299 11 301.6 304.5 296.0 347.3 15.51 3 900 994 19.5 17.7 89 1.8 18.3 304 18 301.6 304.3 295.3 343.9 14.35 4 850 1486 18.3 11.8 66 6.5 14.1 271 1 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.1 10.28 5 800 2002 13.7 9.8 78 3.8 11.3 127 8 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.5 9.58 6 750 2541 8.9 7.3 89 1.6 7.9 120 11 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.56 7 700 3110 5.3 3.8 90 1.6 4.5 123 17 308.4 309.7 291.8 330.4 7.18 8 650 3712 1.7 -0.7 84 2.4 0.4 139 19 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.3 5.60 9 600 4353 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.5 151 17 313.6 314.4 291.0 327.5 4.39 10 550 5039 -6.1 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.4 155 15 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.4 4.23 11 500 5780 -10.1 -17.0 57 6.8 -12.5 151 16 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.5 2.02 12 450 6583 -15.5 -33.9 19 18.3 -19.1 157 19 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.48 13 400 7461 -21.6 -38.8 20 17.1 -24.2 155 23 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.33 14 350 8428 -29.0 -45.9 18 16.9 -30.7 156 20 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 15 300 9511 -37.9 -50.9 25 12.9 -38.8 160 19 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 16 250 10738 -48.7 -57.2 37 8.5 -48.9 165 23 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12174 -55.2 -66.2 24 11.0 -55.4 169 28 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14036 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 197 21 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16655 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 206 13 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.93 m Freezing level: 628.47 mb = 3987.98 m = 13083.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3779.73 m = 12400.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.83 mb = 1062.51 m = 3485.89 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1947.81 m = 6390.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.04 mb = 1657.22 m = 5437.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.04 mb = 2127.59 m = 6980.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.04 mb = 11617.80 m = 38115.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1349.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.04 mb = 14120.79 m = 46327.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 176.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 12.60 Bulk Shear: 107.34 m/s