MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 52.03,-114.25 Latitude: 52.03 Longitude: -114.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 510 SFC 901 969 21.9 12.5 55 9.4 15.8 41 1 304.0 305.8 292.9 334.3 10.18 3 900 981 21.5 11.2 52 10.3 15.0 39 1 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.6 9.35 4 850 1472 16.8 9.6 63 7.2 12.4 83 1 303.7 305.4 291.8 330.3 8.88 5 800 1985 11.8 8.6 81 3.2 9.8 147 1 303.7 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.79 6 750 2521 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.4 207 3 303.9 305.4 291.0 327.6 7.90 7 700 3085 3.5 1.4 86 2.1 2.4 247 16 306.4 307.5 290.3 324.9 6.08 8 650 3682 -0.1 -2.8 82 2.7 -1.4 274 21 308.9 309.8 289.9 323.7 4.79 9 600 4319 -4.0 -7.3 78 3.3 -5.4 268 21 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.2 3.69 10 550 5000 -8.8 -17.5 49 8.7 -11.6 251 20 313.7 314.0 288.6 319.5 1.76 11 500 5730 -14.0 -22.5 48 8.6 -16.3 237 22 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.25 12 450 6522 -19.0 -28.4 43 9.5 -21.0 227 26 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.2 0.81 13 400 7386 -25.9 -37.6 33 11.6 -27.5 229 28 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.38 14 350 8336 -34.0 -48.0 23 14.0 -35.1 231 31 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.14 15 300 9399 -41.5 -50.2 39 8.6 -42.0 232 50 326.8 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.13 16 250 10608 -52.1 -56.1 62 4.0 -52.2 218 60 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 17 200 12048 -48.2 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 218 30 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13951 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 209 34 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 19 100 16595 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 195 22 423.8 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.13 m Freezing level: 651.02 mb = 3670.30 m = 12041.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3459.66 m = 11350.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.87 C = 71.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.81 mb = 2143.95 m = 7033.88 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.16 mb = 2365.29 m = 7760.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.82 C = 71.28 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 688.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.91 mb = 2346.32 m = 7697.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.91 mb = 2400.69 m = 7876.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.91 mb = 10846.74 m = 35585.99 ft B at Equ Level: 665.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.91 mb = 12355.85 m = 40537.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -1.8 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 19.25 Bulk Shear: 35.78 m/s