MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.67,-115.81 Latitude: 53.67 Longitude: -115.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 574 SFC 919 861 17.1 16.7 98 0.4 16.9 277 9 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.5 13.17 3 900 1037 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 287 17 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.6 12.63 4 850 1522 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 307 18 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.39 5 800 2031 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 10.9 241 5 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.5 10.21 6 750 2569 8.5 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 172 13 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.81 7 700 3137 5.3 4.1 92 1.2 4.6 164 21 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.8 7.36 8 650 3739 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 168 25 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.4 5.90 9 600 4379 -2.3 -3.1 94 0.8 -2.7 173 26 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.4 5.06 10 550 5066 -5.5 -6.7 91 1.2 -6.1 177 29 317.5 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.21 11 500 5810 -9.4 -10.8 90 1.3 -10.0 182 32 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.6 3.36 12 450 6616 -14.5 -16.3 86 1.8 -15.1 188 32 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.1 2.38 13 400 7498 -20.5 -22.8 82 2.3 -21.1 197 29 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.6 1.53 14 350 8471 -27.8 -30.8 76 2.9 -28.4 199 20 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.84 15 300 9559 -36.6 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.0 187 13 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.40 16 250 10794 -47.2 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.4 201 7 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12229 -56.3 -63.6 39 7.4 -56.4 201 25 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14082 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 210 15 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16690 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 192 9 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.03 m Freezing level: 634.94 mb = 3931.68 m = 12899.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.42 mb = 3832.65 m = 12574.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.60 mb = 908.58 m = 2980.87 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1378.67 m = 4523.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.24 C = 66.63 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.32 mb = 1370.13 m = 4495.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.32 mb = 1419.28 m = 4656.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.32 mb = 1923.47 m = 6310.53 ft B at Equ Level: 19.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.32 mb = 10784.90 m = 35383.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.1 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 214.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 6.3 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.7 neg: -31.3 tot: 83.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 129.68 m/s