MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.30,-113.70 Latitude: 52.30 Longitude: -113.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 546 SFC 912 906 22.3 21.3 94 1.0 21.6 349 4 303.4 306.7 297.9 356.1 17.75 3 900 1022 24.4 13.2 50 11.2 17.0 37 4 306.7 308.7 294.0 338.8 10.65 4 850 1519 19.9 11.3 58 8.6 14.3 81 4 307.0 308.8 293.6 336.9 9.91 5 800 2038 14.8 10.3 74 4.6 11.9 86 4 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.85 6 750 2580 9.7 8.8 95 0.8 9.2 96 5 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.0 9.55 7 700 3150 6.3 4.1 86 2.2 5.1 155 7 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.1 7.38 8 650 3754 2.7 0.2 84 2.5 1.4 151 8 312.0 313.2 291.9 330.8 6.00 9 600 4398 -1.1 -4.4 78 3.3 -2.7 137 9 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.5 4.61 10 550 5088 -4.8 -8.8 73 4.1 -6.5 146 13 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.0 3.57 11 500 5832 -9.2 -21.0 37 11.9 -12.8 156 14 321.9 322.1 290.8 326.8 1.43 12 450 6638 -14.3 -46.6 5 32.3 -19.0 156 14 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.13 13 400 7518 -21.0 -43.4 11 22.5 -24.0 149 9 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 14 350 8490 -28.3 -50.3 10 22.0 -30.4 136 9 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9576 -37.0 -55.5 13 18.5 -38.0 145 9 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 16 250 10808 -47.8 -55.7 40 7.9 -48.1 168 6 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 17 200 12243 -55.7 -65.0 31 9.2 -55.9 201 9 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14095 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 218 9 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16701 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 261 4 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.96 m Freezing level: 614.46 mb = 4211.65 m = 13817.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.62 mb = 3972.15 m = 13031.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.53 mb = 1036.60 m = 3400.86 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 26.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.71 mb = 2493.77 m = 8181.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 38.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 611.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.93 mb = 2447.19 m = 8028.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.93 mb = 2613.62 m = 8574.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.93 mb = 11430.77 m = 37502.08 ft B at Equ Level: 602.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.93 mb = 13406.42 m = 43983.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.7 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 172.7 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 42.71 Bulk Shear: 14.32 m/s