MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 53.55,-114.98 Latitude: 53.55 Longitude: -114.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 565 SFC 925 798 28.9 12.7 37 16.3 18.2 131 12 308.9 310.7 294.1 339.3 10.00 3 900 1043 25.6 10.2 38 15.4 15.8 134 15 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.68 4 850 1541 20.6 9.2 48 11.5 13.4 136 16 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.9 8.60 5 800 2061 16.5 2.6 39 13.9 8.7 165 16 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.5 5.77 6 750 2605 12.1 0.7 46 11.4 5.9 189 16 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.3 5.37 7 700 3178 7.4 -1.3 54 8.7 2.9 212 13 310.7 311.6 290.6 326.2 4.97 8 650 3783 2.2 -1.4 77 3.6 0.4 245 10 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.1 5.33 9 600 4423 -2.1 -17.6 29 15.5 -7.4 254 9 313.7 314.0 288.4 319.0 1.60 10 550 5109 -6.0 -27.2 17 21.2 -11.6 254 7 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.5 0.75 11 500 5847 -11.7 -25.9 30 14.2 -15.3 257 6 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.93 12 450 6643 -18.2 -30.2 34 12.0 -20.7 260 7 320.4 320.5 289.6 322.8 0.69 13 400 7509 -25.4 -34.6 42 9.2 -26.8 258 11 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.51 14 350 8463 -33.0 -43.6 34 10.5 -34.0 251 15 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.23 15 300 9526 -42.1 -52.9 30 10.8 -42.7 255 19 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.09 16 250 10735 -49.7 -62.3 22 12.5 -50.1 257 26 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12189 -49.4 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 253 20 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14058 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 272 15 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16642 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 302 11 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.01 m Freezing level: 624.40 mb = 4110.62 m = 13486.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.60 mb = 3812.21 m = 12507.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.01 mb = 2829.48 m = 9282.97 ft T: 10.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.43 mb = 3337.69 m = 10950.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 32.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 855.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.75 mb = 3004.77 m = 9858.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.75 mb = 3661.06 m = 12011.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.75 mb = 11008.05 m = 36115.23 ft B at Equ Level: 835.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.75 mb = 12882.28 m = 42264.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 27.67 Bulk Shear: 30.93 m/s