MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 53.07,-114.05 Latitude: 53.07 Longitude: -114.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 574 SFC 922 837 28.4 14.5 42 14.0 18.9 63 5 308.6 310.8 295.0 342.9 11.29 3 900 1052 25.3 12.4 45 12.9 16.8 66 6 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.2 10.11 4 850 1550 20.4 11.3 56 9.1 14.5 72 6 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.6 9.94 5 800 2069 15.8 7.4 57 8.4 10.7 114 4 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.6 8.09 6 750 2613 11.2 3.4 59 7.8 6.8 191 5 308.7 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.54 7 700 3183 5.8 2.3 78 3.5 3.8 199 6 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.7 6.45 8 650 3784 0.8 -3.4 74 4.1 -1.2 192 4 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.1 4.58 9 600 4422 -3.2 -21.1 24 17.9 -8.7 86 4 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.4 1.18 10 550 5106 -6.2 -33.6 9 27.4 -12.2 69 11 316.8 316.8 288.2 318.2 0.41 11 500 5845 -10.6 -33.0 14 22.4 -15.4 74 14 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.8 0.48 12 450 6645 -16.7 -26.2 44 9.5 -19.0 69 15 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 1.00 13 400 7517 -23.5 -36.8 28 13.3 -25.6 64 11 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.41 14 350 8476 -31.7 -46.0 23 14.3 -33.0 71 10 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 15 300 9545 -41.1 -52.6 28 11.6 -41.6 67 8 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.10 16 250 10757 -50.2 -59.9 31 9.6 -50.5 90 8 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 17 200 12192 -53.4 -72.7 8 19.3 -53.7 64 6 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14051 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 354 5 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 335 5 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.84 m Freezing level: 640.53 mb = 3905.07 m = 12811.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.23 mb = 3633.13 m = 11919.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.25 mb = 2587.49 m = 8489.02 ft T: 11.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.55 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.27 mb = 2833.12 m = 9294.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.60 mb = 2705.79 m = 8877.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.60 mb = 2989.41 m = 9807.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.60 mb = 11388.91 m = 37364.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1285.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.60 mb = 13772.29 m = 45184.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 116.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 919.92 Bulk Shear: 1.41 m/s