MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 53.18,-114.58 Latitude: 53.18 Longitude: -114.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 547 SFC 921 819 28.6 14.9 43 13.7 19.3 350 4 308.9 311.1 295.4 344.4 11.67 3 900 1027 26.7 12.4 41 14.2 17.2 349 4 309.0 310.9 294.3 339.8 10.11 4 850 1528 21.9 11.4 51 10.5 15.1 346 4 309.1 310.9 294.2 339.6 10.01 5 800 2050 17.7 4.0 40 13.7 9.8 325 3 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.8 6.39 6 750 2596 13.1 -1.0 37 14.2 5.7 284 5 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.7 4.73 7 700 3170 7.8 -3.5 45 11.3 2.2 264 7 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.4 4.21 8 650 3775 2.5 -9.9 39 12.4 -2.7 263 8 311.8 312.4 289.0 320.8 2.78 9 600 4416 -2.0 -21.1 22 19.1 -7.9 286 8 313.8 314.1 288.0 317.8 1.18 10 550 5100 -7.0 -21.4 31 14.4 -11.3 300 8 315.7 316.0 288.7 320.0 1.25 11 500 5835 -12.8 -28.1 27 15.3 -16.4 301 9 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.1 0.76 12 450 6628 -19.4 -36.0 21 16.7 -22.1 304 11 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.39 13 400 7491 -26.1 -43.2 18 17.1 -28.0 318 13 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.21 14 350 8441 -33.4 -49.0 19 15.6 -34.6 318 15 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.13 15 300 9508 -40.0 -58.3 12 18.4 -40.8 302 20 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.05 16 250 10733 -46.7 -63.7 13 17.0 -47.1 296 23 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12195 -50.9 -72.3 6 21.4 -51.3 300 22 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14059 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 311 17 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16650 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 324 14 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.60 m Freezing level: 621.88 mb = 4135.44 m = 13567.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.51 mb = 3436.78 m = 11275.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.57 mb = 2544.80 m = 8348.99 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.58 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.86 mb = 3100.99 m = 10173.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1521.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.64 mb = 2871.08 m = 9419.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.64 mb = 3280.22 m = 10761.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.64 mb = 10983.42 m = 36034.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1514.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.64 mb = 14031.79 m = 46035.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.4 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 325.4 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 358.90 Bulk Shear: 4.24 m/s