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: 54.01,-113.82 Latitude: 54.01 Longitude: -113.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 515 SFC 932 683 23.4 20.9 86 2.6 21.6 279 3 302.6 305.7 297.2 352.6 16.90 3 900 990 22.7 15.6 64 7.1 17.8 240 3 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.1 12.45 4 850 1485 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.4 135 8 306.3 308.2 293.6 337.3 10.28 5 800 2003 15.0 8.9 67 6.1 11.2 129 13 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.3 8.97 6 750 2545 9.7 7.7 87 2.1 8.5 128 13 307.1 308.8 292.7 333.8 8.81 7 700 3114 5.1 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 126 16 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.1 7.84 8 650 3715 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.8 136 17 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.1 6.04 9 600 4356 -2.2 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.1 145 15 313.6 314.4 291.3 328.4 4.69 10 550 5042 -5.9 -6.2 98 0.3 -6.0 160 12 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.2 4.38 11 500 5783 -9.8 -32.7 14 22.9 -14.8 157 17 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.49 12 450 6587 -15.2 -40.3 10 25.1 -19.4 159 19 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.25 13 400 7465 -21.4 -42.3 13 20.8 -24.3 156 21 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.23 14 350 8433 -28.9 -47.7 15 18.8 -30.7 158 23 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.15 15 300 9516 -37.9 -53.4 18 15.5 -38.8 165 24 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 16 250 10743 -48.6 -58.1 33 9.4 -49.0 167 26 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 17 200 12179 -55.2 -66.0 25 10.7 -55.4 172 26 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14040 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 197 21 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 207 13 422.1 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.01 m Freezing level: 632.12 mb = 3944.17 m = 12940.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.35 mb = 3834.92 m = 12581.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.01 mb = 1009.00 m = 3310.32 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.96 mb = 2205.20 m = 7234.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1399.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.58 mb = 1975.42 m = 6480.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.58 mb = 2350.24 m = 7710.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.58 mb = 11939.68 m = 39171.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1379.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.58 mb = 14144.87 m = 46406.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.9 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 174.9 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 52.75 Bulk Shear: 26.53 m/s