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,-114.61 Latitude: 53.13 Longitude: -114.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 509 SFC 914 842 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 318 3 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.5 13.35 3 900 979 20.2 13.5 65 6.7 15.8 299 5 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.87 4 850 1470 17.3 9.1 59 8.2 12.3 234 11 304.3 305.9 291.7 329.9 8.56 5 800 1984 12.7 7.0 68 5.7 9.3 219 15 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.3 7.86 6 750 2521 7.5 5.6 88 1.8 6.4 218 15 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.7 7.65 7 700 3085 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.9 226 17 305.9 307.0 289.8 323.5 5.77 8 650 3682 -0.7 -4.6 75 3.9 -2.5 242 20 308.2 309.0 289.1 321.2 4.18 9 600 4316 -4.7 -7.7 79 3.1 -6.0 236 20 310.7 311.4 289.3 322.0 3.56 10 550 4996 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.5 223 17 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.7 3.11 11 500 5729 -12.9 -15.0 84 2.1 -13.6 219 17 317.3 317.7 290.3 325.1 2.38 12 450 6525 -18.0 -21.7 73 3.7 -19.0 232 19 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.50 13 400 7393 -24.1 -28.0 70 3.9 -24.9 230 26 323.7 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.95 14 350 8353 -31.3 -35.4 67 4.1 -31.8 225 33 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.54 15 300 9426 -39.6 -47.2 44 7.7 -40.1 224 35 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 16 250 10647 -49.1 -56.9 39 7.9 -49.3 228 34 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12084 -54.6 -66.0 23 11.4 -54.8 237 32 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 13945 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 242 20 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16581 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 229 13 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.49 m Freezing level: 658.96 mb = 3574.60 m = 11727.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.63 mb = 3334.55 m = 10940.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.87 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.30 mb = 1081.71 m = 3548.87 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2353.75 m = 7722.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.44 mb = 2200.63 m = 7219.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.44 mb = 2472.03 m = 8110.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.44 mb = 9782.42 m = 32094.18 ft B at Equ Level: 539.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.44 mb = 12266.14 m = 40242.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 25.00 Bulk Shear: 21.61 m/s