MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.22,-113.29 Latitude: 52.22 Longitude: -113.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 543 SFC 915 876 23.6 20.7 84 3.0 21.5 300 3 304.4 307.6 297.7 355.1 16.99 3 900 1019 24.4 13.6 51 10.7 17.2 330 4 306.6 308.7 294.2 339.6 10.96 4 850 1516 19.7 12.2 62 7.5 14.8 35 3 306.8 308.8 294.0 338.7 10.59 5 800 2035 14.8 11.1 79 3.6 12.4 69 5 306.9 308.9 293.9 338.5 10.46 6 750 2577 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 77 7 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.0 9.74 7 700 3148 6.4 5.6 95 0.7 5.9 98 11 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.7 8.21 8 650 3753 2.8 1.5 91 1.3 2.1 113 11 312.2 313.4 292.4 332.6 6.57 9 600 4397 -0.9 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.9 118 12 315.1 316.1 292.1 331.5 5.18 10 550 5087 -4.7 -5.3 95 0.7 -5.0 118 14 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.7 4.68 11 500 5833 -8.8 -10.3 88 1.6 -9.4 137 16 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.9 3.48 12 450 6640 -14.5 -27.2 33 12.7 -17.6 147 19 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.91 13 400 7519 -21.3 -28.0 55 6.7 -22.8 141 12 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.7 0.95 14 350 8492 -27.8 -31.1 74 3.2 -28.5 185 9 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.2 0.81 15 300 9580 -36.6 -39.9 71 3.3 -36.9 209 10 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10814 -47.6 -51.2 66 3.7 -47.7 223 12 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12249 -56.1 -65.6 29 9.5 -56.2 191 8 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14100 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 264 7 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 273 5 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.06 m Freezing level: 612.11 mb = 4240.80 m = 13913.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.63 mb = 4085.88 m = 13404.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.41 mb = 1250.11 m = 4101.34 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 23.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.87 mb = 2422.94 m = 7949.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 39.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.69 mb = 2337.28 m = 7668.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.69 mb = 2502.21 m = 8209.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.69 mb = 11733.58 m = 38495.54 ft B at Equ Level: 803.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.69 mb = 13819.50 m = 45339.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 149.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 33.67 Bulk Shear: 24.20 m/s