MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.83,-113.62 Latitude: 52.83 Longitude: -113.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 536 SFC 920 822 25.2 17.8 64 7.4 20.0 340 8 305.6 308.2 296.1 347.7 14.07 3 900 1009 21.7 16.5 72 5.2 18.2 343 9 303.9 306.4 295.1 343.3 13.25 4 850 1502 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.7 353 9 303.8 306.1 294.8 342.1 12.90 5 800 2016 12.8 10.6 86 2.3 11.4 30 7 304.8 306.7 293.0 334.9 10.05 6 750 2555 8.7 5.3 79 3.5 6.8 98 11 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.44 7 700 3122 4.5 1.3 80 3.2 2.8 108 18 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.9 6.01 8 650 3722 1.4 -8.4 48 9.7 -2.9 112 15 310.5 311.1 288.9 320.4 3.12 9 600 4361 -2.6 -14.2 40 11.7 -6.8 117 13 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.1 2.12 10 550 5045 -7.0 -22.0 29 15.0 -11.3 143 14 315.8 316.1 288.7 319.9 1.20 11 500 5786 -9.4 -43.3 4 33.9 -15.2 160 12 321.6 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.17 12 450 6589 -15.6 -41.4 9 25.8 -19.7 171 14 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 13 400 7466 -21.6 -49.2 6 27.5 -24.8 180 16 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 14 350 8437 -28.2 -56.3 5 28.0 -30.4 182 18 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.05 15 300 9522 -37.4 -52.3 20 15.0 -38.3 187 17 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10751 -48.5 -52.7 62 4.1 -48.7 181 23 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12187 -55.1 -66.9 22 11.8 -55.4 170 31 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 14046 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 192 18 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16660 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.3 189 10 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.69 m Freezing level: 632.65 mb = 3943.67 m = 12938.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.35 mb = 3412.03 m = 11194.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.14 mb = 1753.64 m = 5753.33 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 27.81 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1781.18 m = 5843.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.16 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.90 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1558.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.78 mb = 1747.01 m = 5731.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.78 mb = 1902.56 m = 6241.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.78 mb = 11849.13 m = 38874.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1550.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.78 mb = 14454.76 m = 47423.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 152.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 29.64 Bulk Shear: 52.59 m/s