MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.98,-113.25 Latitude: 53.98 Longitude: -113.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 511 SFC 935 648 19.0 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 333 2 297.8 300.4 294.4 340.4 14.70 3 900 977 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 82 3 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.2 13.20 4 850 1464 15.0 13.6 91 1.4 14.1 137 17 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.1 11.59 5 800 1976 12.1 10.3 89 1.7 11.0 126 20 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.6 9.90 6 750 2514 8.9 7.1 89 1.8 7.8 129 23 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.8 8.47 7 700 3083 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.3 133 26 308.4 309.7 291.7 329.9 7.04 8 650 3684 1.3 0.1 92 1.2 0.6 136 27 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.8 5.92 9 600 4325 -2.3 -3.0 95 0.7 -2.6 136 29 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.6 5.11 10 550 5013 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 144 33 317.5 318.4 292.1 331.5 4.34 11 500 5755 -9.9 -11.4 88 1.5 -10.5 149 35 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.5 3.19 12 450 6561 -14.9 -17.0 84 2.2 -15.6 152 36 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.2 2.24 13 400 7441 -21.1 -23.8 79 2.6 -21.8 156 35 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.4 1.40 14 350 8411 -28.4 -31.3 76 2.9 -28.9 159 32 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.80 15 300 9497 -37.1 -40.3 72 3.2 -37.4 164 27 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10727 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 171 25 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12153 -57.2 -64.5 39 7.3 -57.3 154 29 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 18 150 14020 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.5 197 17 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16642 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 203 8 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.10 m Freezing level: 632.04 mb = 3914.45 m = 12842.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.24 mb = 3805.56 m = 12485.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.31 mb = 672.97 m = 2207.88 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1446.49 m = 4745.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.88 C = 73.18 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 36.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 696.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.35 mb = 1262.37 m = 4141.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.35 mb = 1919.78 m = 6298.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.35 mb = 11390.62 m = 37370.35 ft B at Equ Level: 691.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.35 mb = 13387.77 m = 43922.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.6 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 169.6 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 8.83 Bulk Shear: 78.79 m/s