MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 52.59,-114.48 Latitude: 52.59 Longitude: -114.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 563 SFC 906 983 25.0 17.5 63 7.5 19.7 342 3 306.7 309.3 296.4 348.8 14.00 3 900 1038 23.2 16.3 66 6.8 18.5 343 3 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.6 13.10 4 850 1533 18.3 14.3 77 4.1 15.6 2 1 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.13 5 800 2050 14.1 9.8 75 4.4 11.4 130 5 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.9 9.52 6 750 2591 9.4 7.1 85 2.3 8.0 128 7 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.4 8.46 7 700 3159 5.2 -2.1 59 7.3 1.5 139 8 308.2 309.1 289.6 322.7 4.67 8 650 3760 2.9 -20.6 16 23.6 -4.8 142 7 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.1 1.14 9 600 4403 -0.8 -23.9 16 23.0 -7.7 138 8 315.2 315.3 288.2 318.3 0.93 10 550 5092 -4.7 -30.3 11 25.6 -11.1 150 8 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.5 0.56 11 500 5834 -9.7 -31.7 15 22.0 -14.7 155 9 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.2 0.54 12 450 6639 -14.5 -51.3 3 36.8 -19.2 165 10 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.3 0.08 13 400 7518 -21.2 -44.9 10 23.7 -24.2 177 10 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.18 14 350 8489 -28.6 -35.3 52 6.7 -29.6 191 8 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9573 -37.2 -50.3 25 13.0 -38.1 170 15 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.13 16 250 10803 -48.2 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.4 178 14 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12237 -55.0 -66.9 21 11.9 -55.2 220 15 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14094 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 234 13 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 235 2 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.14 m Freezing level: 611.02 mb = 4261.49 m = 13981.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.92 mb = 3300.00 m = 10826.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.27 mb = 1930.60 m = 6333.92 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 32.71 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2202.58 m = 7226.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.42 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1140.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.86 mb = 2103.83 m = 6902.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.86 mb = 2263.46 m = 7425.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.86 mb = 11628.58 m = 38151.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1138.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.86 mb = 14100.37 m = 46260.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.3 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 176.3 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 107.11 Bulk Shear: 10.64 m/s