MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 52.96,-114.28 Latitude: 52.96 Longitude: -114.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 548 SFC 912 910 21.7 20.0 90 1.7 20.5 312 3 302.7 305.7 296.8 351.1 16.32 3 900 1023 23.5 15.5 61 8.0 18.0 161 1 305.7 308.0 295.0 342.8 12.38 4 850 1520 19.7 12.1 61 7.6 14.7 133 8 306.8 308.8 293.9 338.4 10.49 5 800 2038 14.8 11.0 78 3.7 12.4 128 9 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.2 10.37 6 750 2580 9.7 9.5 99 0.2 9.6 125 10 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.4 10.00 7 700 3150 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 128 15 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.07 8 650 3752 1.8 0.1 89 1.7 0.9 151 9 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.5 5.95 9 600 4395 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.3 166 7 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.2 4.30 10 550 5084 -4.4 -11.6 57 7.1 -7.3 163 12 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.3 2.87 11 500 5828 -9.3 -26.6 23 17.3 -13.9 170 12 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.7 0.87 12 450 6633 -14.8 -36.1 14 21.3 -18.8 167 11 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.39 13 400 7513 -20.8 -36.8 22 16.0 -23.5 160 8 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.41 14 350 8485 -28.2 -39.4 33 11.3 -29.6 170 4 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.36 15 300 9572 -36.5 -43.0 51 6.5 -37.1 285 4 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.29 16 250 10806 -47.5 -52.0 59 4.6 -47.7 207 6 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12241 -56.9 -60.0 67 3.1 -56.9 197 20 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14092 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 228 10 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16699 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 195 4 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.71 m Freezing level: 622.15 mb = 4110.12 m = 13484.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.20 mb = 3886.84 m = 12751.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.17 mb = 1128.40 m = 3702.05 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2357.76 m = 7735.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 40.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.97 mb = 2261.73 m = 7420.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.97 mb = 2425.02 m = 7956.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.97 mb = 11806.89 m = 38736.05 ft B at Equ Level: 931.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.97 mb = 13924.05 m = 45682.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.3 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 180.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 160.67 Bulk Shear: 5.83 m/s