MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.47,-113.32 Latitude: 53.47 Longitude: -113.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 518 SFC 929 712 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 302 4 299.1 301.9 295.3 344.2 15.46 3 900 985 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 319 8 299.7 302.3 294.5 340.6 14.01 4 850 1472 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 117 7 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 11.97 5 800 1985 12.3 10.4 89 1.8 11.1 129 18 304.2 306.1 292.8 334.0 9.97 6 750 2524 9.0 7.1 88 1.9 7.9 120 21 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.0 8.47 7 700 3092 5.4 3.6 88 1.8 4.4 115 24 308.5 309.9 291.8 330.3 7.10 8 650 3694 1.3 0.1 91 1.3 0.7 118 25 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.8 5.92 9 600 4335 -2.4 -3.4 93 1.0 -2.9 123 24 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.1 4.98 10 550 5022 -5.3 -6.0 95 0.7 -5.7 132 25 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.1 4.44 11 500 5765 -9.5 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.1 146 27 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.34 12 450 6571 -15.2 -19.2 71 4.0 -16.4 151 28 324.1 324.5 291.8 330.5 1.85 13 400 7449 -21.5 -25.6 69 4.2 -22.5 152 28 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.3 1.19 14 350 8420 -28.0 -31.6 72 3.5 -28.7 153 26 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.8 0.78 15 300 9508 -36.8 -40.0 72 3.2 -37.1 159 25 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.39 16 250 10741 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.8 170 18 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12171 -59.1 -63.4 58 4.3 -59.2 169 20 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 14035 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 202 18 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 227 11 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.48 m Freezing level: 632.11 mb = 3923.22 m = 12871.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.55 mb = 3811.17 m = 12503.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.01 mb = 748.35 m = 2455.18 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1363.34 m = 4472.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 964.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.78 mb = 1276.18 m = 4186.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.78 mb = 1625.16 m = 5331.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.78 mb = 12342.19 m = 40492.26 ft B at Equ Level: 927.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.78 mb = 13831.56 m = 45378.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 160.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 111.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 100.75 m/s