MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.27,-112.89 Latitude: 52.27 Longitude: -112.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 535 SFC 918 833 18.4 17.6 95 0.7 17.9 268 3 298.8 301.3 294.2 339.5 13.97 3 900 1001 17.0 15.9 93 1.2 16.3 259 3 299.1 301.4 293.3 336.1 12.70 4 850 1488 14.9 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 126 12 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.7 10.83 5 800 1999 11.6 10.1 90 1.5 10.7 132 20 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.7 9.78 6 750 2536 8.2 6.2 87 2.0 7.0 137 26 305.5 306.9 291.6 329.4 7.94 7 700 3104 5.4 4.7 95 0.7 5.0 143 24 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.9 7.66 8 650 3707 2.4 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 146 22 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.9 6.50 9 600 4350 -1.6 -1.9 97 0.3 -1.7 149 21 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.54 10 550 5039 -5.1 -5.4 98 0.3 -5.3 149 21 318.0 318.9 292.5 333.0 4.66 11 500 5782 -9.3 -9.6 98 0.3 -9.4 160 14 321.7 322.4 292.8 333.9 3.71 12 450 6589 -14.6 -18.2 74 3.6 -15.8 147 14 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.8 2.02 13 400 7469 -20.8 -41.1 14 20.3 -23.8 139 22 328.0 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.26 14 350 8441 -28.2 -53.6 7 25.4 -30.3 135 27 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 15 300 9527 -37.1 -56.5 12 19.4 -38.2 142 29 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.06 16 250 10758 -48.0 -56.9 35 8.8 -48.4 139 27 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12190 -57.1 -63.6 44 6.5 -57.3 160 20 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14043 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 189 21 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 199 11 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.07 m Freezing level: 619.89 mb = 4093.99 m = 13431.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4030.75 m = 13224.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.25 C = 75.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.95 mb = 925.24 m = 3035.53 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1767.39 m = 5798.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.05 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 142.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.53 mb = 1532.06 m = 5026.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.53 mb = 2203.94 m = 7230.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.53 mb = 9514.31 m = 31214.55 ft B at Equ Level: 142.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.53 mb = 12172.45 m = 39935.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.9 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 174.9 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -7.1 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.24 Bulk Shear: 33.62 m/s