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: 52.44,-113.59 Latitude: 52.44 Longitude: -113.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 535 SFC 913 882 18.9 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 277 3 299.8 302.3 294.3 339.7 13.63 3 900 1002 18.0 15.9 88 2.1 16.6 285 3 300.1 302.4 293.7 337.4 12.75 4 850 1489 14.1 13.0 93 1.2 13.4 145 1 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.6 11.11 5 800 1999 11.2 10.6 96 0.7 10.8 140 18 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.1 10.07 6 750 2536 8.2 7.7 97 0.4 7.9 143 19 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.0 8.84 7 700 3104 5.2 4.8 97 0.4 4.9 146 17 308.2 309.7 292.2 331.8 7.73 8 650 3706 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 152 16 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.5 6.58 9 600 4348 -1.8 -2.1 97 0.4 -2.0 155 17 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.3 5.46 10 550 5038 -5.2 -5.4 98 0.3 -5.3 168 18 318.0 318.9 292.5 332.9 4.65 11 500 5780 -10.1 -11.0 93 0.9 -10.5 170 14 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.7 3.30 12 450 6585 -15.0 -22.9 51 7.9 -17.2 147 18 324.4 324.6 291.5 329.0 1.35 13 400 7464 -20.8 -39.7 17 18.9 -23.7 136 28 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.30 14 350 8436 -28.0 -49.9 10 22.0 -30.0 140 29 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.11 15 300 9523 -37.2 -51.9 20 14.6 -38.2 148 30 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 16 250 10753 -48.0 -56.6 37 8.6 -48.3 149 33 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12185 -57.6 -64.2 43 6.6 -57.8 160 22 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 14037 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 189 22 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16654 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 197 12 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.82 m Freezing level: 624.49 mb = 4033.99 m = 13234.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 3993.50 m = 13101.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.82 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.32 mb = 1103.63 m = 3620.80 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1613.59 m = 5293.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.54 C = 68.96 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 216.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.28 mb = 1545.70 m = 5071.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.28 mb = 1798.72 m = 5901.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.28 mb = 10251.80 m = 33634.10 ft B at Equ Level: 216.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.28 mb = 12539.76 m = 41140.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.7 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 183.7 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 45.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.25 Bulk Shear: 34.69 m/s