MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 54.01,-113.95 Latitude: 54.01 Longitude: -113.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 531 SFC 933 683 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.0 62 7 294.1 296.2 290.9 327.1 11.53 3 900 991 15.0 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 67 9 297.0 298.8 290.4 325.5 9.83 4 850 1474 14.1 6.0 58 8.1 9.5 350 6 301.0 302.2 289.2 321.5 6.91 5 800 1984 11.4 2.0 52 9.4 6.3 306 12 303.3 304.3 288.7 320.0 5.53 6 750 2519 7.5 -0.6 56 8.1 3.4 291 18 304.7 305.6 288.6 319.6 4.88 7 700 3083 3.1 -3.5 62 6.6 -0.0 285 21 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.9 4.21 8 650 3678 -1.6 -7.1 66 5.5 -4.0 277 23 307.1 307.8 288.1 317.9 3.45 9 600 4310 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.5 -6.4 251 24 309.9 310.6 289.0 321.1 3.54 10 550 4989 -8.6 -11.0 83 2.4 -9.5 227 24 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.6 3.01 11 500 5722 -12.5 -15.3 80 2.7 -13.5 214 25 317.7 318.2 290.4 325.5 2.33 12 450 6518 -18.1 -22.1 70 4.1 -19.1 210 23 320.5 320.8 290.4 325.4 1.44 13 400 7387 -24.4 -30.7 55 6.4 -25.5 218 21 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.74 14 350 8345 -31.5 -43.1 31 11.6 -32.7 230 26 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 15 300 9417 -39.9 -51.4 28 11.5 -40.6 238 29 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.11 16 250 10637 -49.4 -57.8 36 8.5 -49.6 244 31 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 17 200 12071 -54.2 -66.8 20 12.6 -54.5 236 33 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13938 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 229 21 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16578 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 221 12 427.2 427.2 308.5 427.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.22 m Freezing level: 667.23 mb = 3472.52 m = 11392.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.57 mb = 3075.85 m = 10091.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.22 mb = 709.96 m = 2329.24 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2488.66 m = 8164.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.61 mb = 1739.24 m = 5706.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.61 mb = 3571.90 m = 11718.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 578.61 mb = 4593.09 m = 15069.01 ft B at Equ Level: 37.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 498.61 mb = 5743.44 m = 18843.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -59.7 tot: -59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 95.26 m/s