MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 53.78,-113.62 Latitude: 53.78 Longitude: -113.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 532 SFC 933 682 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 209 2 289.0 290.5 286.1 312.2 8.23 3 900 995 18.1 10.6 61 7.6 13.4 224 4 300.2 301.8 290.7 326.5 8.92 4 850 1482 14.9 6.9 59 8.0 10.3 246 2 301.8 303.2 289.9 323.8 7.38 5 800 1992 11.0 3.8 61 7.2 7.0 241 5 302.9 304.0 289.3 321.8 6.30 6 750 2527 7.6 -1.4 53 8.9 3.1 248 6 304.8 305.6 288.4 318.9 4.62 7 700 3091 3.5 -3.4 60 6.9 0.2 250 7 306.4 307.1 288.6 319.4 4.24 8 650 3688 -0.5 -4.5 74 4.0 -2.4 241 8 308.4 309.2 289.2 321.5 4.20 9 600 4323 -4.2 -8.7 71 4.5 -6.1 237 10 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.8 3.30 10 550 5004 -8.4 -13.6 66 5.1 -10.3 248 12 314.1 314.6 289.4 322.1 2.44 11 500 5736 -13.3 -22.3 47 9.0 -15.7 248 14 316.8 317.1 289.1 321.1 1.28 12 450 6530 -18.4 -39.7 14 21.3 -21.6 247 21 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.1 0.27 13 400 7397 -24.8 -44.0 15 19.2 -27.1 238 25 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.19 14 350 8352 -32.1 -51.6 13 19.5 -33.6 239 38 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.09 15 300 9424 -39.8 -51.6 28 11.8 -40.5 236 60 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 16 250 10644 -49.4 -57.7 37 8.3 -49.6 216 75 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 17 200 12071 -55.9 -69.5 17 13.6 -56.1 227 45 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 13940 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 213 22 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16583 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -53.0 188 18 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.71 m Freezing level: 656.39 mb = 3611.33 m = 11848.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.21 mb = 3134.46 m = 10283.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.83 mb = 723.62 m = 2374.05 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.57 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.13 mb = 2723.74 m = 8936.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7764.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.45 mb = 1997.22 m = 6552.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -2.6 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.98 Bulk Shear: 5.91 m/s