MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.15,-116.90 Latitude: 53.15 Longitude: -116.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 561 2 900 1039 SFC 876 1277 24.4 14.6 55 9.8 17.8 115 4 309.0 311.3 295.7 345.7 12.05 4 850 1538 21.2 13.1 60 8.1 15.8 119 5 308.4 310.5 294.9 342.5 11.24 5 800 2059 16.1 12.0 76 4.2 13.4 123 6 308.4 310.4 294.8 342.0 11.08 6 750 2604 11.3 8.3 82 3.0 9.4 134 6 308.8 310.5 293.5 336.8 9.18 7 700 3176 6.7 0.5 65 6.2 3.4 156 3 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.5 5.68 8 650 3780 2.2 -7.1 50 9.3 -2.0 271 5 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.5 3.46 9 600 4420 -2.0 -19.4 25 17.4 -7.7 292 8 313.8 314.0 288.2 318.4 1.37 10 550 5105 -6.5 -26.4 19 19.8 -11.8 308 9 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.1 0.81 11 500 5842 -11.7 -31.8 17 20.2 -16.0 320 11 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.7 0.53 12 450 6639 -17.6 -38.8 14 21.1 -21.0 326 14 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.30 13 400 7508 -24.7 -46.5 11 21.8 -27.1 323 16 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.15 14 350 8462 -33.2 -46.2 26 13.0 -34.3 318 19 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.17 15 300 9525 -41.7 -55.0 23 13.2 -42.3 306 22 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.07 16 250 10736 -49.8 -60.8 26 11.0 -50.1 286 24 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12183 -51.5 -70.0 9 18.5 -51.8 303 17 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14049 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 295 18 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 309 18 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.46 m Freezing level: 623.89 mb = 4114.21 m = 13497.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.29 mb = 3553.58 m = 11658.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.69 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.96 mb = 2503.85 m = 8214.64 ft T: 12.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 27.29 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2630.08 m = 8628.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.59 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2089.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.63 mb = 2585.76 m = 8483.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.63 mb = 2753.26 m = 9032.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.63 mb = 11664.79 m = 38269.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2068.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.63 mb = 14643.58 m = 48042.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 343.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 89.86 Bulk Shear: 23.25 m/s