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: 52.81,-114.51 Latitude: 52.81 Longitude: -114.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 565 SFC 907 971 24.4 18.1 68 6.3 19.9 321 3 306.0 308.7 296.5 349.5 14.51 3 900 1039 22.5 16.9 71 5.5 18.7 322 3 304.7 307.2 295.6 345.3 13.62 4 850 1533 18.4 12.6 69 5.8 14.6 155 3 305.5 307.5 293.8 338.0 10.85 5 800 2050 14.2 9.7 74 4.6 11.4 138 6 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.47 6 750 2591 9.3 7.5 88 1.8 8.2 135 7 306.7 308.3 292.5 333.0 8.71 7 700 3159 5.1 -1.7 61 6.8 1.7 142 8 308.1 309.0 289.7 323.0 4.81 8 650 3761 3.0 -21.6 14 24.6 -4.9 135 8 312.4 312.6 287.4 315.9 1.05 9 600 4403 -1.0 -26.8 12 25.8 -8.1 135 8 315.0 315.2 287.9 317.5 0.71 10 550 5092 -4.7 -36.0 7 31.3 -11.5 150 8 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.32 11 500 5835 -9.5 -39.9 6 30.4 -15.1 158 9 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.24 12 450 6639 -14.7 -49.1 4 34.4 -19.3 171 10 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.10 13 400 7518 -21.2 -38.4 20 17.3 -23.9 188 11 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.35 14 350 8488 -28.4 -33.1 64 4.7 -29.2 195 8 330.5 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.67 15 300 9574 -37.4 -47.9 33 10.5 -38.2 178 15 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.17 16 250 10803 -48.1 -51.8 66 3.7 -48.3 177 14 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.13 17 200 12236 -55.2 -65.5 27 10.3 -55.4 219 14 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14093 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 235 13 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16702 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 230 3 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.39 m Freezing level: 612.03 mb = 4248.75 m = 13939.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.35 mb = 3306.99 m = 10849.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.63 mb = 1770.96 m = 5810.18 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 33.58 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2286.66 m = 7502.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 907.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.78 mb = 2157.88 m = 7079.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.78 mb = 2427.45 m = 7963.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.78 mb = 11486.28 m = 37684.20 ft B at Equ Level: 904.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.78 mb = 13891.06 m = 45573.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.2 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 179.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -4.8 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 72.78 Bulk Shear: 12.48 m/s