MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.81,-113.42 Latitude: 53.81 Longitude: -113.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 473 SFC 929 667 16.3 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 324 8 295.6 297.8 292.1 331.3 12.43 3 900 934 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 349 17 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.77 4 850 1418 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 27 18 299.6 301.5 292.1 331.4 10.89 5 800 1926 10.6 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 38 16 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.9 9.96 6 750 2462 8.0 7.8 99 0.1 7.9 46 13 305.2 306.9 292.3 332.0 8.90 7 700 3030 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 66 9 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.80 8 650 3633 2.0 1.2 95 0.7 1.6 108 7 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.2 6.45 9 600 4274 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 140 8 314.2 315.2 292.1 331.5 5.50 10 550 4963 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.6 152 9 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.2 4.49 11 500 5705 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.8 -10.1 158 11 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.4 3.42 12 450 6511 -15.3 -16.7 89 1.4 -15.7 160 13 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.9 2.31 13 400 7388 -21.6 -30.2 45 8.7 -23.3 158 20 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.8 0.77 14 350 8357 -29.3 -46.3 18 17.1 -31.0 143 20 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.17 15 300 9436 -38.9 -48.5 36 9.6 -39.6 134 19 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.16 16 250 10657 -50.1 -54.4 61 4.3 -50.3 132 23 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.09 17 200 12091 -53.0 -70.3 10 17.3 -53.3 157 28 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13975 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.9 194 25 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.01 19 100 16612 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 192 16 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.24 m Freezing level: 623.04 mb = 3978.70 m = 13053.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 3923.69 m = 12872.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.87 mb = 692.99 m = 2273.55 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.49 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1191.39 m = 3908.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.87 C = 65.97 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6443.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.68 mb = 1165.95 m = 3825.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 119.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 112.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 54.38 m/s