MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 53.27,-114.88 Latitude: 53.27 Longitude: -114.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 519 SFC 918 814 24.2 14.2 54 10.0 17.5 161 9 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.1 11.16 3 900 990 21.2 12.2 56 9.0 15.4 164 11 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.2 9.99 4 850 1481 16.3 11.0 71 5.3 13.0 168 12 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.73 5 800 1993 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.4 176 13 303.3 305.1 292.2 331.7 9.52 6 750 2529 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.9 220 13 304.0 305.2 289.8 323.5 6.48 7 700 3092 3.7 -5.6 51 9.3 -0.5 239 16 306.6 307.3 288.1 317.8 3.60 8 650 3689 -0.5 -8.9 53 8.3 -4.0 237 18 308.3 308.9 288.1 317.8 3.01 9 600 4323 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.6 -7.0 233 20 310.1 310.7 288.6 319.7 3.03 10 550 5001 -9.5 -17.3 53 7.8 -12.1 230 22 312.8 313.1 288.3 318.6 1.78 11 500 5731 -13.7 -28.5 28 14.8 -17.0 228 26 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.8 0.73 12 450 6524 -18.2 -43.4 9 25.2 -21.7 222 30 320.4 320.4 289.0 321.1 0.18 13 400 7393 -23.5 -37.0 28 13.6 -25.5 218 33 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.40 14 350 8355 -31.0 -38.7 47 7.7 -31.9 225 34 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.38 15 300 9428 -40.2 -46.3 52 6.0 -40.6 229 35 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.4 0.20 16 250 10644 -49.9 -56.2 48 6.3 -50.1 218 40 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.08 17 200 12072 -56.2 -65.0 32 8.8 -56.3 216 39 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13931 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 217 26 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16578 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 194 19 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.33 m Freezing level: 656.43 mb = 3612.19 m = 11850.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.71 mb = 3037.41 m = 9965.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.58 % Est. max temperature: 23.29 C = 73.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.73 mb = 2068.92 m = 6787.72 ft T: 10.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2150.62 m = 7055.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.17 mb = 2137.85 m = 7013.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.17 mb = 2190.78 m = 7187.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.17 mb = 10874.24 m = 35676.20 ft B at Equ Level: 777.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.17 mb = 13077.97 m = 42906.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 22.75 Bulk Shear: 34.60 m/s