MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 52.76,-114.28 Latitude: 52.76 Longitude: -114.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 557 SFC 909 948 24.0 17.9 69 6.1 19.7 103 3 305.4 308.1 296.3 348.3 14.34 3 900 1033 24.3 14.9 56 9.4 17.9 104 4 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.3 11.91 4 850 1530 19.4 13.6 69 5.8 15.5 95 4 306.5 308.7 294.7 341.4 11.61 5 800 2048 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 89 4 306.5 308.6 294.6 341.1 11.51 6 750 2590 9.8 9.3 97 0.5 9.5 83 4 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.1 9.88 7 700 3160 6.0 5.2 95 0.8 5.5 102 7 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.5 7.96 8 650 3764 2.2 1.4 94 0.8 1.7 133 9 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.7 6.51 9 600 4407 -1.5 -3.0 90 1.5 -2.2 152 11 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.7 5.13 10 550 5096 -5.0 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.6 149 10 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.1 4.31 11 500 5839 -9.4 -12.5 78 3.1 -10.6 165 9 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.3 2.92 12 450 6646 -14.4 -26.4 35 12.0 -17.4 167 11 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 0.98 13 400 7525 -21.2 -41.5 14 20.3 -24.1 181 10 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.25 14 350 8495 -28.6 -41.2 29 12.5 -30.2 180 8 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 15 300 9580 -37.0 -51.9 20 14.8 -38.0 173 14 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 16 250 10811 -48.1 -54.3 49 6.2 -48.4 186 13 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12246 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.7 -55.2 219 14 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14103 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 238 12 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16707 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 211 6 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.68 m Freezing level: 620.05 mb = 4148.81 m = 13611.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.11 mb = 4038.95 m = 13250.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.64 mb = 1726.89 m = 5665.59 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 17.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2266.10 m = 7434.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 41.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1248.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.20 mb = 2226.24 m = 7303.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.20 mb = 2388.60 m = 7836.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.20 mb = 11987.67 m = 39329.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1229.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.20 mb = 14180.42 m = 46523.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.1 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 171.1 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 323.25 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s