MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 53.13,-114.55 Latitude: 53.13 Longitude: -114.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 509 SFC 914 842 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.4 298 2 299.5 302.0 293.9 338.3 13.26 3 900 979 20.5 13.4 64 7.1 15.8 266 5 302.6 304.6 292.9 334.5 10.77 4 850 1470 17.4 8.9 57 8.5 12.2 229 12 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.8 8.47 5 800 1984 12.7 7.1 69 5.6 9.3 218 15 304.7 306.2 291.3 328.5 7.92 6 750 2521 7.5 5.8 89 1.6 6.5 217 16 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.0 7.75 7 700 3085 3.1 1.0 86 2.1 2.0 226 17 305.9 307.0 289.9 323.8 5.88 8 650 3682 -0.6 -4.4 75 3.8 -2.4 241 20 308.2 309.0 289.2 321.4 4.23 9 600 4317 -4.6 -7.4 81 2.8 -5.8 238 20 310.8 311.5 289.5 322.3 3.64 10 550 4996 -8.7 -10.3 88 1.7 -9.3 225 17 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.0 3.17 11 500 5730 -12.9 -14.8 86 1.8 -13.6 220 18 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.3 2.43 12 450 6525 -18.0 -21.6 73 3.6 -19.0 232 19 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.52 13 400 7394 -24.1 -27.9 70 3.9 -24.8 230 27 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.96 14 350 8354 -31.3 -35.2 68 3.9 -31.8 225 33 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.55 15 300 9426 -39.6 -46.6 47 7.0 -40.1 224 35 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.19 16 250 10647 -49.1 -56.6 41 7.6 -49.3 227 34 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12084 -54.6 -66.1 23 11.4 -54.9 237 32 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 13945 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 241 20 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16581 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 229 13 425.8 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.48 m Freezing level: 658.52 mb = 3580.15 m = 11745.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.29 mb = 3350.79 m = 10993.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.62 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.42 mb = 1099.64 m = 3607.71 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.87 mb = 2368.87 m = 7771.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.42 mb = 2233.19 m = 7326.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.42 mb = 2505.68 m = 8220.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.42 mb = 9854.64 m = 32331.10 ft B at Equ Level: 525.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.42 mb = 12367.91 m = 40576.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 33.69 Bulk Shear: 15.66 m/s