MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 53.55,-114.94 Latitude: 53.55 Longitude: -114.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 558 SFC 925 793 27.3 18.0 57 9.3 20.7 91 4 307.2 309.8 296.6 349.8 14.14 3 900 1034 23.5 16.3 64 7.2 18.5 93 4 305.7 308.2 295.5 344.9 13.07 4 850 1530 18.5 15.0 80 3.5 16.2 96 5 305.6 307.9 295.2 343.7 12.75 5 800 2047 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 108 5 305.7 308.0 294.8 342.2 12.15 6 750 2588 9.5 7.7 89 1.8 8.4 141 9 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.5 8.81 7 700 3156 4.9 1.2 77 3.7 2.9 162 11 308.0 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.97 8 650 3757 2.3 -12.2 33 14.5 -3.4 152 11 311.6 312.0 288.5 319.1 2.31 9 600 4399 -0.7 -22.3 18 21.6 -7.4 152 12 315.3 315.5 288.4 318.9 1.06 10 550 5088 -4.7 -26.6 16 22.0 -10.6 157 11 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.3 0.79 11 500 5831 -9.4 -28.2 20 18.7 -14.2 176 10 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.2 0.75 12 450 6636 -14.7 -30.5 25 15.8 -18.2 201 11 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.67 13 400 7517 -20.8 -30.7 40 10.0 -22.8 224 13 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.7 0.74 14 350 8488 -28.6 -36.6 46 8.0 -29.7 233 16 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.48 15 300 9571 -37.5 -43.2 55 5.7 -38.0 218 19 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.28 16 250 10802 -47.8 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 205 21 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12239 -55.2 -63.2 36 8.0 -55.4 221 25 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14099 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 211 17 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16705 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 234 6 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.75 m Freezing level: 611.47 mb = 4252.10 m = 13950.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.91 mb = 3428.04 m = 11246.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.89 mb = 1963.04 m = 6440.34 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 30.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1953.53 m = 6409.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.16 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1762.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.76 mb = 1964.39 m = 6444.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.76 mb = 2017.32 m = 6618.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.76 mb = 12150.57 m = 39863.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1755.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.76 mb = 14884.05 m = 48831.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 186.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 188.97 Bulk Shear: 9.33 m/s