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: 52.33,-113.65 Latitude: 52.33 Longitude: -113.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 913 897 22.3 21.5 96 0.8 21.7 351 4 303.2 306.5 298.0 356.5 17.96 3 900 1022 24.5 13.3 50 11.2 17.0 44 4 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.0 10.70 4 850 1519 19.9 11.2 57 8.7 14.3 88 4 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.86 5 800 2038 14.8 10.2 74 4.6 11.9 92 4 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.85 6 750 2580 9.6 8.7 94 0.9 9.1 102 5 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.7 9.48 7 700 3150 6.3 4.2 86 2.2 5.1 155 7 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.2 7.39 8 650 3754 2.7 0.2 83 2.6 1.4 151 9 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.7 5.98 9 600 4398 -1.1 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.7 138 10 314.9 315.7 291.6 329.4 4.58 10 550 5088 -4.7 -9.5 69 4.8 -6.8 147 13 318.5 319.2 291.6 329.5 3.38 11 500 5832 -9.1 -22.1 34 13.0 -13.0 157 14 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.30 12 450 6638 -14.3 -47.8 4 33.5 -19.0 156 14 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 13 400 7518 -20.9 -42.3 13 21.4 -23.9 148 9 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.23 14 350 8490 -28.3 -50.4 10 22.1 -30.4 136 9 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9576 -36.9 -55.5 13 18.5 -38.0 145 9 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 16 250 10808 -47.7 -56.0 38 8.3 -48.0 167 6 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12243 -55.8 -64.9 31 9.1 -55.9 204 9 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14095 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 219 8 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16701 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 263 4 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.38 m Freezing level: 614.21 mb = 4215.07 m = 13828.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3963.25 m = 13002.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.15 mb = 991.51 m = 3252.95 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.09 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2484.09 m = 8149.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 619.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.72 mb = 2438.49 m = 8000.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.72 mb = 2604.89 m = 8546.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.72 mb = 11408.45 m = 37428.83 ft B at Equ Level: 611.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.72 mb = 13375.90 m = 43883.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.2 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 173.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 44.66 Bulk Shear: 13.87 m/s