MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 53.01,-114.55 Latitude: 53.01 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 73 1 950 518 SFC 909 904 19.5 15.1 76 4.4 16.6 124 5 300.7 302.9 293.3 335.9 11.97 3 900 989 21.4 13.9 62 7.5 16.4 140 10 303.5 305.6 293.4 336.6 11.12 4 850 1482 17.3 11.9 71 5.4 13.8 172 8 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.1 10.35 5 800 1996 12.6 10.5 87 2.1 11.3 208 8 304.6 306.5 292.9 334.5 10.00 6 750 2534 8.5 3.4 70 5.1 5.6 265 7 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.6 6.52 7 700 3100 4.4 -1.6 65 6.0 1.4 307 11 307.4 308.3 289.5 322.3 4.85 8 650 3699 -0.1 -3.5 78 3.4 -1.7 309 13 308.8 309.7 289.6 323.0 4.55 9 600 4335 -4.5 -6.2 88 1.7 -5.3 301 15 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.5 4.00 10 550 5014 -9.2 -11.6 83 2.4 -10.1 291 18 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.5 2.87 11 500 5745 -13.8 -14.9 91 1.1 -14.2 280 17 316.3 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.41 12 450 6538 -18.6 -19.0 97 0.3 -18.7 263 15 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.2 1.90 13 400 7405 -24.9 -31.2 56 6.3 -26.0 249 12 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.71 14 350 8362 -31.7 -41.4 38 9.6 -32.8 230 11 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.29 15 300 9430 -41.3 -50.6 36 9.3 -41.8 222 16 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.12 16 250 10642 -50.1 -62.2 23 12.1 -50.4 219 17 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.04 17 200 12085 -51.8 -74.6 5 22.8 -52.2 241 18 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13948 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 240 18 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16584 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.9 203 15 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.98 m Freezing level: 651.45 mb = 3681.42 m = 12078.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.98 mb = 3358.40 m = 11018.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.17 C = 75.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.10 mb = 1460.61 m = 4791.98 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.00 mb = 2217.85 m = 7276.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.71 C = 74.69 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.65 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1271.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.86 mb = 2081.37 m = 6828.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.86 mb = 2458.41 m = 8065.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.86 mb = 10991.49 m = 36060.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1261.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.86 mb = 13658.06 m = 44809.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 24.64 Bulk Shear: 51.58 m/s