MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.92,-113.55 Latitude: 53.92 Longitude: -113.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 548 SFC 936 678 26.0 17.8 60 8.3 20.2 323 4 304.9 307.4 295.7 346.0 13.79 3 900 1021 20.9 16.3 75 4.5 17.8 322 4 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.7 13.07 4 850 1512 17.1 11.6 70 5.6 13.6 172 5 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.4 10.14 5 800 2027 13.6 7.6 67 6.0 10.0 154 11 305.6 307.2 291.8 330.4 8.21 6 750 2566 8.3 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 153 12 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.7 8.01 7 700 3133 4.4 1.9 84 2.4 3.1 160 11 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.6 6.30 8 650 3733 0.8 -1.6 84 2.4 -0.4 159 11 309.9 310.9 290.6 326.2 5.24 9 600 4371 -3.1 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.6 161 13 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.0 3.93 10 550 5055 -6.3 -21.7 28 15.4 -10.9 166 13 316.6 316.8 289.0 320.7 1.22 11 500 5795 -9.6 -38.0 8 28.4 -15.1 135 19 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.29 12 450 6600 -15.2 -37.2 13 22.1 -19.1 130 17 324.2 324.2 290.4 325.5 0.35 13 400 7477 -22.2 -40.8 17 18.6 -24.8 137 17 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.27 14 350 8443 -29.3 -53.1 8 23.8 -31.2 140 18 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 15 300 9525 -37.8 -57.3 11 19.5 -38.9 144 23 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 16 250 10754 -47.7 -58.7 27 11.0 -48.0 146 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.06 17 200 12195 -55.6 -64.1 34 8.6 -55.8 172 22 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14049 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.4 202 17 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16660 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 180 10 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.50 m Freezing level: 639.56 mb = 3866.02 m = 12683.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3662.72 m = 12016.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.73 mb = 1717.37 m = 5634.35 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 25.30 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.02 mb = 2079.57 m = 6822.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1117.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.10 mb = 1858.09 m = 6096.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.10 mb = 2227.08 m = 7306.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.10 mb = 11547.17 m = 37883.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.10 mb = 14001.79 m = 45937.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.1 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 181.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -9.2 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 33.72 Bulk Shear: 33.15 m/s