MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.93,-113.72 Latitude: 52.93 Longitude: -113.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 559 SFC 921 823 18.7 17.0 89 1.8 17.5 303 13 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.6 13.31 3 900 1023 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 305 18 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.9 12.29 4 850 1507 13.4 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 335 16 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.75 5 800 2017 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.6 138 9 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.4 9.80 6 750 2555 8.5 7.0 91 1.5 7.6 148 18 305.8 307.4 292.0 331.2 8.43 7 700 3122 5.2 3.3 87 1.9 4.1 149 22 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.5 6.94 8 650 3724 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 153 21 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.78 9 600 4365 -2.3 -4.7 84 2.4 -3.4 157 19 313.5 314.4 291.1 327.8 4.51 10 550 5054 -5.2 -11.3 62 6.0 -7.7 154 20 317.9 318.4 291.0 327.5 2.93 11 500 5795 -9.9 -25.0 28 15.1 -14.0 158 23 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.4 1.00 12 450 6599 -15.2 -24.0 47 8.8 -17.6 166 26 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.3 1.22 13 400 7478 -21.0 -28.0 53 7.1 -22.5 165 24 327.8 327.9 292.0 331.2 0.95 14 350 8449 -28.5 -34.2 58 5.8 -29.4 165 22 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.6 0.60 15 300 9534 -37.9 -42.5 62 4.7 -38.3 172 19 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.30 16 250 10758 -49.1 -54.4 54 5.2 -49.3 174 22 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12190 -56.1 -63.7 38 7.6 -56.3 174 29 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14045 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 197 21 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 216 9 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.11 m Freezing level: 629.41 mb = 3988.23 m = 13084.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3818.47 m = 12527.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.54 mb = 1046.35 m = 3432.87 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 8.03 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1505.43 m = 4939.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.70 mb = 1431.02 m = 4694.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.70 mb = 2859.82 m = 9382.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.70 mb = 7065.93 m = 23181.91 ft B at Equ Level: 72.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.70 mb = 10948.54 m = 35919.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.5 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 187.5 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.6 neg: -11.0 tot: 264.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 162.68 m/s