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: 52.81,-114.02 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 534 SFC 911 897 19.9 17.4 85 2.6 18.2 277 4 301.0 303.5 294.7 341.6 13.83 3 900 1001 18.5 15.8 84 2.7 16.7 278 4 300.5 302.8 293.7 337.6 12.62 4 850 1489 14.1 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 258 3 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.5 11.09 5 800 1999 11.7 9.2 85 2.4 10.2 168 13 303.6 305.3 292.0 331.0 9.20 6 750 2537 8.4 6.5 88 1.9 7.3 160 16 305.7 307.3 291.8 330.3 8.12 7 700 3104 5.0 3.4 89 1.6 4.1 161 16 308.0 309.4 291.6 329.5 7.01 8 650 3706 1.5 -0.1 89 1.5 0.7 160 17 310.6 311.7 291.4 328.8 5.86 9 600 4346 -2.0 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.7 166 18 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.5 4.98 10 550 5036 -4.6 -5.1 96 0.5 -4.8 165 17 318.6 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.78 11 500 5780 -10.1 -15.1 67 5.0 -11.9 159 16 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.6 2.37 12 450 6584 -14.8 -39.1 11 24.3 -19.0 154 22 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.29 13 400 7463 -20.5 -52.0 4 31.5 -23.9 143 30 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.08 14 350 8435 -28.4 -50.0 11 21.7 -30.4 144 30 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9521 -37.4 -56.8 11 19.4 -38.4 153 30 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 16 250 10750 -48.2 -58.9 28 10.8 -48.5 152 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 17 200 12181 -58.1 -64.0 47 5.8 -58.2 160 24 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 14031 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 190 23 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 19 100 16650 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 197 13 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.02 m Freezing level: 628.99 mb = 3974.84 m = 13040.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3829.02 m = 12562.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.33 mb = 1218.83 m = 3998.73 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1740.05 m = 5708.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.10 C = 69.99 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.08 mb = 1617.62 m = 5307.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.08 mb = 2295.02 m = 7529.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.08 mb = 9936.08 m = 32598.28 ft B at Equ Level: 165.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.08 mb = 12114.18 m = 39744.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 192.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -6.6 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 38.75 m/s