MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 53.10,-114.71 Latitude: 53.10 Longitude: -114.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 506 SFC 913 857 22.4 15.9 67 6.5 18.0 173 8 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.6 12.53 3 900 979 22.5 11.8 51 10.7 15.6 178 13 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.7 9.68 4 850 1473 17.8 10.1 61 7.7 13.0 182 14 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.2 9.15 5 800 1987 12.8 9.1 78 3.7 10.5 185 15 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.1 9.11 6 750 2525 7.7 7.3 98 0.3 7.5 192 16 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.7 8.60 7 700 3089 3.2 1.0 85 2.2 2.0 214 14 306.0 307.1 289.9 323.9 5.87 8 650 3686 -0.7 -3.3 82 2.6 -2.0 235 16 308.1 309.0 289.5 322.4 4.60 9 600 4321 -4.7 -6.3 89 1.6 -5.4 235 19 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.3 3.99 10 550 5000 -9.0 -9.8 94 0.8 -9.3 232 22 313.4 314.0 290.0 324.0 3.31 11 500 5732 -13.2 -15.7 81 2.5 -14.0 235 27 316.9 317.4 290.1 324.4 2.25 12 450 6528 -17.8 -20.4 80 2.6 -18.6 237 31 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.6 1.67 13 400 7399 -23.4 -25.6 82 2.2 -23.9 234 31 324.6 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.19 14 350 8361 -31.0 -35.6 64 4.6 -31.6 223 31 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.53 15 300 9433 -39.9 -46.6 49 6.7 -40.4 218 34 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 16 250 10653 -49.5 -57.1 41 7.5 -49.8 214 36 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 17 200 12082 -55.7 -67.6 21 11.9 -55.9 217 35 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13936 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 241 23 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16577 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 218 18 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.06 m Freezing level: 659.34 mb = 3574.35 m = 11726.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.75 mb = 3384.92 m = 11105.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.99 mb = 1684.91 m = 5527.86 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2380.59 m = 7810.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 38.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.36 mb = 2355.84 m = 7729.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.36 mb = 2410.46 m = 7908.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.36 mb = 10643.22 m = 34918.28 ft B at Equ Level: 725.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.36 mb = 13115.97 m = 43030.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 28.28 Bulk Shear: 25.72 m/s