MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.96,-114.71 Latitude: 52.96 Longitude: -114.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 551 SFC 911 919 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.2 107 3 303.9 306.8 296.7 350.2 15.55 3 900 1025 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.8 113 6 305.4 307.7 294.7 341.8 12.16 4 850 1521 18.7 13.5 72 5.1 15.3 119 7 305.7 307.8 294.4 340.3 11.53 5 800 2037 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 120 8 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.29 6 750 2578 9.7 7.7 87 2.0 8.5 126 13 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.7 8.80 7 700 3148 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.1 139 12 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.2 7.50 8 650 3752 2.3 0.9 91 1.4 1.5 157 9 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.1 6.31 9 600 4395 -1.6 -2.9 91 1.3 -2.3 177 8 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.5 5.15 10 550 5083 -5.4 -6.4 93 1.0 -5.8 164 12 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.6 4.33 11 500 5826 -9.3 -10.0 95 0.6 -9.6 168 12 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.59 12 450 6634 -13.9 -15.4 89 1.5 -14.4 177 10 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.5 2.57 13 400 7517 -21.0 -29.5 46 8.5 -22.8 189 10 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.7 0.83 14 350 8487 -28.3 -37.2 42 9.0 -29.5 210 9 330.7 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.45 15 300 9575 -36.6 -42.3 56 5.7 -37.2 237 12 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.31 16 250 10808 -47.7 -51.5 64 3.9 -47.9 218 18 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.13 17 200 12242 -56.2 -62.2 47 6.0 -56.3 205 22 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14093 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 226 14 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16698 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 211 4 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.07 m Freezing level: 620.95 mb = 4125.29 m = 13534.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.74 mb = 4006.14 m = 13143.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.24 mb = 1376.89 m = 4517.31 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2140.37 m = 7022.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 39.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1056.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.08 mb = 2089.18 m = 6854.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.08 mb = 2248.73 m = 7377.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.08 mb = 11926.35 m = 39127.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1045.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.08 mb = 14089.25 m = 46224.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 182.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 189.34 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s