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: 53.67,-114.98 Latitude: 53.67 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 110 1 950 566 SFC 927 779 29.0 12.4 36 16.6 18.0 132 12 308.7 310.5 294.0 338.5 9.80 3 900 1044 25.5 9.6 37 15.9 15.4 134 15 307.7 309.3 292.6 333.1 8.34 4 850 1542 20.6 8.5 46 12.1 13.1 137 16 307.7 309.3 292.4 332.7 8.21 5 800 2061 16.4 2.4 39 14.0 8.6 165 16 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.67 6 750 2605 11.9 1.3 48 10.5 6.1 187 15 309.4 310.5 290.8 326.8 5.62 7 700 3178 7.2 -1.7 53 8.9 2.7 212 13 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.5 4.82 8 650 3782 2.1 -2.0 75 4.0 0.0 246 11 311.3 312.3 290.9 327.3 5.10 9 600 4423 -2.0 -19.1 26 17.1 -7.6 255 9 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.5 1.41 10 550 5108 -6.0 -26.5 18 20.5 -11.5 255 7 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.7 0.79 11 500 5846 -11.8 -25.9 30 14.2 -15.3 258 7 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.92 12 450 6643 -18.2 -29.9 35 11.7 -20.6 262 8 320.3 320.5 289.6 322.9 0.71 13 400 7508 -25.4 -33.7 46 8.3 -26.8 258 11 321.9 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.55 14 350 8462 -33.2 -43.0 37 9.8 -34.1 252 16 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.24 15 300 9525 -42.2 -52.6 31 10.5 -42.7 257 20 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.10 16 250 10733 -49.8 -61.9 23 12.2 -50.1 256 26 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12187 -49.3 -74.4 4 25.1 -49.8 253 20 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 18 150 14057 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 273 14 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16641 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 303 11 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.14 m Freezing level: 624.45 mb = 4109.41 m = 13482.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.87 mb = 3783.76 m = 12413.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.19 mb = 2850.30 m = 9351.27 ft T: 9.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.81 mb = 3380.53 m = 11090.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.99 C = 87.79 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.40 mb = 3055.42 m = 10024.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.40 mb = 3714.67 m = 12187.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.40 mb = 10854.33 m = 35610.88 ft B at Equ Level: 719.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.40 mb = 12679.79 m = 41599.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 23.43 Bulk Shear: 31.14 m/s