MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.87,-114.25 Latitude: 52.87 Longitude: -114.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 556 SFC 910 932 23.4 18.3 73 5.2 19.8 295 2 304.7 307.4 296.3 348.4 14.66 3 900 1030 22.8 16.0 66 6.7 18.2 25 0 305.0 307.4 295.1 343.4 12.85 4 850 1526 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 105 5 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.6 10.63 5 800 2044 14.6 11.0 79 3.5 12.3 106 6 306.7 308.6 293.8 338.0 10.39 6 750 2586 9.7 8.4 92 1.3 8.9 117 9 307.2 308.9 293.1 335.2 9.28 7 700 3156 6.2 3.9 85 2.3 4.9 141 13 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.6 7.25 8 650 3759 2.4 -0.6 81 3.0 0.8 155 12 311.6 312.7 291.5 329.2 5.64 9 600 4402 -1.2 -5.0 75 3.8 -3.0 163 14 314.7 315.6 291.3 328.7 4.39 10 550 5092 -4.8 -13.1 52 8.3 -8.1 163 16 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.53 11 500 5835 -9.4 -18.9 46 9.5 -12.5 171 15 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.5 1.72 12 450 6641 -14.1 -26.6 34 12.5 -17.3 179 15 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.97 13 400 7522 -20.9 -36.1 24 15.3 -23.5 184 11 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.44 14 350 8494 -28.1 -38.1 38 10.1 -29.5 184 8 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.41 15 300 9581 -36.8 -45.0 42 8.2 -37.5 195 11 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.23 16 250 10814 -47.7 -52.6 57 4.9 -47.9 216 11 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12249 -56.3 -62.4 46 6.1 -56.5 242 14 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14100 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 239 10 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16705 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 252 8 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.42 m Freezing level: 616.97 mb = 4184.04 m = 13726.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.14 mb = 3894.72 m = 12777.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.04 mb = 1586.09 m = 5203.65 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 21.66 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2337.84 m = 7669.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.80 mb = 2226.28 m = 7303.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.80 mb = 2498.71 m = 8197.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.80 mb = 11700.74 m = 38387.80 ft B at Equ Level: 901.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.80 mb = 13773.56 m = 45188.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.7 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 186.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 53.23 Bulk Shear: 17.03 m/s