MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 54.66,-115.61 Latitude: 54.66 Longitude: -115.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 558 2 900 1024 SFC 892 1102 17.5 16.8 96 0.7 17.0 334 5 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.62 4 850 1512 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 355 12 301.6 303.9 293.6 337.3 12.09 5 800 2024 12.5 11.0 91 1.5 11.6 149 15 304.5 306.4 293.2 335.4 10.35 6 750 2563 8.7 8.6 99 0.2 8.6 158 22 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.3 9.37 7 700 3132 5.1 4.9 99 0.2 4.9 158 24 308.1 309.5 292.2 331.8 7.78 8 650 3733 1.4 0.9 97 0.5 1.1 170 24 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.1 6.30 9 600 4375 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.5 -2.3 181 25 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.30 10 550 5063 -5.4 -6.2 94 0.9 -5.8 187 28 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.37 11 500 5805 -9.9 -11.7 87 1.8 -10.6 196 32 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.4 3.13 12 450 6610 -15.0 -17.7 80 2.7 -15.9 199 32 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.12 13 400 7490 -21.6 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 194 29 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.7 1.34 14 350 8461 -28.0 -30.9 77 2.8 -28.6 190 23 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.83 15 300 9548 -36.9 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.2 176 18 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.39 16 250 10779 -48.7 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.8 180 16 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12205 -57.4 -63.6 45 6.2 -57.5 207 33 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 14056 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 217 16 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16670 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 215 12 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.43 m Freezing level: 629.30 mb = 3998.82 m = 13119.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3941.47 m = 12931.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.37 mb = 1183.76 m = 3883.66 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1852.92 m = 6079.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 38.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 610.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.33 mb = 1709.98 m = 5610.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.33 mb = 2286.00 m = 7499.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.33 mb = 11442.54 m = 37540.69 ft B at Equ Level: 604.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.33 mb = 13429.86 m = 44060.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.7 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 211.7 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 283.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 146.13 m/s