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: 52.84,-113.59 Latitude: 52.84 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 94 1 950 546 SFC 921 815 25.3 18.0 64 7.3 20.2 331 1 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.2 14.26 3 900 1023 24.2 14.2 53 10.0 17.5 66 2 306.5 308.6 294.5 340.7 11.37 4 850 1519 19.6 12.5 63 7.2 15.0 94 5 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.1 10.75 5 800 2037 14.6 11.1 79 3.5 12.4 98 7 306.7 308.7 293.9 338.3 10.45 6 750 2580 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 96 9 307.5 309.2 293.3 336.2 9.47 7 700 3150 6.3 5.2 92 1.1 5.7 116 13 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.9 7.96 8 650 3755 2.7 1.2 90 1.5 1.9 134 11 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.0 6.43 9 600 4399 -1.0 -3.0 86 2.0 -2.0 142 12 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.2 5.12 10 550 5089 -4.8 -5.9 92 1.1 -5.3 142 14 318.4 319.3 292.5 332.9 4.49 11 500 5834 -8.9 -10.8 86 1.9 -9.7 150 16 322.1 322.8 292.6 333.2 3.35 12 450 6641 -14.7 -23.7 46 9.0 -17.1 159 15 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.25 13 400 7520 -20.9 -25.2 68 4.3 -22.0 195 8 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.1 1.23 14 350 8493 -28.0 -34.5 54 6.5 -29.0 200 11 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.2 0.59 15 300 9579 -37.0 -48.2 30 11.2 -37.8 185 12 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 16 250 10812 -47.5 -58.3 28 10.8 -47.9 185 9 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 17 200 12247 -56.5 -67.2 25 10.7 -56.7 200 9 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 14096 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 264 8 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16701 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 264 6 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.86 m Freezing level: 613.22 mb = 4228.62 m = 13873.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4063.99 m = 13333.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.33 mb = 1740.06 m = 5708.79 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2387.08 m = 7831.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 39.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 915.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.20 mb = 2301.92 m = 7552.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.20 mb = 2466.03 m = 8090.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.20 mb = 11927.28 m = 39131.01 ft B at Equ Level: 902.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.20 mb = 14087.61 m = 46218.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.4 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 164.4 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 63.69 Bulk Shear: 14.37 m/s