MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 52.25,-113.69 Latitude: 52.25 Longitude: -113.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 550 SFC 912 913 26.4 16.6 55 9.8 19.5 50 5 307.5 310.0 296.0 347.1 13.11 3 900 1028 24.5 15.7 58 8.8 18.5 52 5 306.8 309.1 295.4 344.7 12.58 4 850 1525 19.6 14.7 73 4.9 16.3 58 6 306.7 309.0 295.3 344.1 12.46 5 800 2044 14.6 13.9 96 0.7 14.1 64 6 306.7 309.1 295.4 344.6 12.59 6 750 2587 10.4 9.9 97 0.4 10.1 108 8 307.8 309.7 294.1 339.0 10.28 7 700 3157 5.6 3.2 85 2.3 4.3 127 9 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.9 6.92 8 650 3758 1.5 -7.0 53 8.5 -2.3 117 6 310.6 311.3 289.3 321.7 3.48 9 600 4401 0.1 -25.7 12 25.7 -7.4 121 7 316.2 316.4 288.4 318.9 0.79 10 550 5093 -3.7 -29.9 11 26.2 -10.4 136 7 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.8 0.58 11 500 5838 -8.8 -43.4 4 34.6 -14.8 152 7 322.3 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.16 12 450 6643 -14.8 -38.2 12 23.4 -18.9 157 4 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.32 13 400 7523 -20.9 -36.8 23 15.9 -23.6 197 5 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.41 14 350 8492 -28.9 -42.8 25 13.9 -30.5 214 5 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.25 15 300 9576 -37.0 -46.5 37 9.4 -37.8 175 6 333.2 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.20 16 250 10810 -47.1 -54.0 45 6.9 -47.4 169 6 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12252 -55.0 -62.4 39 7.4 -55.1 211 12 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14108 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 212 11 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16706 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 227 1 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.07 m Freezing level: 598.93 mb = 4416.07 m = 14488.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.41 mb = 3543.95 m = 11626.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.14 mb = 2148.07 m = 7047.39 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.48 mb = 2165.79 m = 7105.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.46 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1581.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.03 mb = 2138.53 m = 7016.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.03 mb = 2191.90 m = 7191.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.03 mb = 12059.65 m = 39565.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1578.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.03 mb = 14734.36 m = 48340.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.4 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 148.4 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 284.46 Bulk Shear: 5.56 m/s