MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 53.95,-113.52 Latitude: 53.95 Longitude: -113.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 480 SFC 929 672 15.8 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 308 15 295.2 297.3 291.6 329.8 12.06 3 900 940 14.3 14.3 100 0.0 14.3 317 30 296.2 298.3 291.5 329.2 11.43 4 850 1422 11.6 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 338 34 298.3 300.2 291.0 327.7 10.07 5 800 1927 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 346 27 301.1 302.7 291.2 328.1 9.14 6 750 2461 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.4 347 20 303.7 305.2 291.0 327.7 8.01 7 700 3026 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.6 349 15 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.1 7.04 8 650 3625 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.2 358 11 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.6 5.91 9 600 4264 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 23 8 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.4 5.14 10 550 4951 -6.1 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 67 8 316.9 317.7 291.8 330.4 4.20 11 500 5692 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 105 10 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.3 3.26 12 450 6496 -15.3 -16.4 91 1.1 -15.7 134 11 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.9 2.36 13 400 7374 -21.7 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.4 150 11 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.3 1.31 14 350 8343 -29.2 -34.0 63 4.8 -30.0 170 10 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.62 15 300 9422 -39.1 -43.4 64 4.2 -39.5 182 7 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.28 16 250 10641 -50.1 -55.1 55 5.0 -50.3 188 9 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 17 200 12082 -51.4 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.8 170 28 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 13976 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.7 196 28 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.01 19 100 16612 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 185 15 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.72 m Freezing level: 644.31 mb = 3697.78 m = 12131.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3666.20 m = 12028.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.23 mb = 705.23 m = 2313.73 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 2.11 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1166.25 m = 3826.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.86 C = 64.14 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.54 mb = 1162.67 m = 3814.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.54 mb = 1210.84 m = 3972.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.54 mb = 3855.10 m = 12647.82 ft B at Equ Level: 28.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 541.54 mb = 5071.01 m = 16636.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 27.6 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.1 neg: -26.5 tot: 136.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 40.82 m/s