MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 53.73,-113.19 Latitude: 53.73 Longitude: -113.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 547 SFC 938 661 24.7 19.3 72 5.4 20.9 306 5 303.3 306.1 296.3 348.4 15.20 3 900 1020 21.4 16.4 73 5.1 18.0 313 6 303.6 306.0 295.0 342.6 13.14 4 850 1513 17.2 13.5 79 3.8 14.8 2 2 304.2 306.3 293.9 338.5 11.50 5 800 2028 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 137 2 305.2 306.9 292.3 332.2 8.98 6 750 2566 8.3 6.0 86 2.3 7.0 149 5 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.3 7.87 7 700 3133 4.6 1.8 82 2.9 3.1 156 11 307.6 308.8 290.7 326.7 6.22 8 650 3733 0.7 -1.7 84 2.4 -0.4 146 13 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.0 5.21 9 600 4372 -3.2 -4.8 89 1.6 -3.9 140 14 312.4 313.3 290.7 326.5 4.47 10 550 5055 -7.3 -7.9 95 0.6 -7.6 139 14 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.7 3.83 11 500 5792 -11.5 -11.9 97 0.3 -11.7 141 16 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.08 12 450 6593 -16.3 -18.1 86 1.8 -16.9 144 19 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.7 2.05 13 400 7468 -22.3 -39.2 20 16.9 -24.8 149 18 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.32 14 350 8436 -28.4 -51.7 9 23.3 -30.4 170 18 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 15 300 9522 -37.3 -43.4 53 6.1 -37.8 194 22 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.9 0.27 16 250 10752 -48.2 -52.1 64 3.9 -48.4 188 29 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12189 -55.0 -63.6 33 8.7 -55.2 177 26 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14049 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 196 17 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16664 -54.6 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 193 13 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.32 m Freezing level: 640.74 mb = 3851.62 m = 12636.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3654.23 m = 11988.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.27 mb = 1339.65 m = 4395.11 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 22.43 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1855.34 m = 6086.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.64 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 39.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1635.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.19 mb = 1723.45 m = 5654.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.19 mb = 1983.40 m = 6507.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.19 mb = 11748.12 m = 38543.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1629.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.19 mb = 14304.01 m = 46928.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.5 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 173.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 47.08 Bulk Shear: 34.73 m/s