MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.50,-113.35 Latitude: 52.50 Longitude: -113.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 560 SFC 918 850 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 322 6 299.2 301.7 294.3 340.1 14.01 3 900 1025 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 328 8 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.31 4 850 1511 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.3 122 8 302.2 304.3 293.5 336.6 11.66 5 800 2025 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 11.0 144 16 305.3 307.1 292.7 333.5 9.38 6 750 2564 8.3 7.5 94 0.8 7.8 141 18 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.7 8.68 7 700 3131 5.2 3.6 89 1.6 4.3 140 18 308.2 309.5 291.7 329.9 7.09 8 650 3733 1.7 -0.5 85 2.2 0.6 140 17 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.70 9 600 4375 -1.7 -4.9 79 3.2 -3.3 145 14 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.2 4.42 10 550 5063 -4.9 -24.4 20 19.5 -10.5 148 18 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.6 0.96 11 500 5805 -9.9 -43.8 4 33.9 -15.5 153 19 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.16 12 450 6607 -15.5 -38.9 12 23.3 -19.5 159 19 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.8 0.29 13 400 7485 -21.2 -31.9 38 10.7 -23.3 161 18 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.66 14 350 8456 -28.7 -36.1 49 7.4 -29.8 161 18 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.50 15 300 9539 -37.9 -45.2 46 7.3 -38.5 161 17 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.23 16 250 10765 -48.9 -56.1 43 7.2 -49.1 159 22 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12197 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 169 20 343.3 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14051 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 206 15 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16664 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 200 9 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.10 m Freezing level: 625.20 mb = 4051.74 m = 13292.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3830.64 m = 12567.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.18 mb = 994.74 m = 3263.54 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1963.28 m = 6441.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.46 C = 76.03 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.49 mb = 1496.15 m = 4908.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.49 mb = 2382.39 m = 7816.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.49 mb = 11398.29 m = 37395.50 ft B at Equ Level: 613.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.49 mb = 13378.26 m = 43891.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 176.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 69.62 m/s