MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.84,-114.68 Latitude: 52.84 Longitude: -114.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 529 SFC 903 966 19.8 14.8 73 5.1 16.5 282 7 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.3 11.76 3 900 997 19.1 13.4 70 5.6 15.4 284 7 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.82 4 850 1484 14.3 11.2 82 3.0 12.4 288 11 301.1 302.9 291.8 330.3 9.89 5 800 1993 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.2 307 12 302.2 303.7 290.3 325.2 7.72 6 750 2528 6.9 3.1 77 3.8 4.8 316 13 304.0 305.2 289.8 323.3 6.37 7 700 3091 3.1 -0.6 77 3.7 1.3 303 13 305.9 306.9 289.3 322.0 5.24 8 650 3687 -0.8 -4.6 75 3.9 -2.6 293 13 308.1 308.8 289.0 321.0 4.17 9 600 4322 -4.4 -7.3 80 2.9 -5.7 289 12 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.69 10 550 5004 -8.2 -14.8 59 6.6 -10.5 278 14 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.6 2.20 11 500 5735 -14.2 -20.5 59 6.4 -16.0 270 14 315.7 316.0 289.0 320.7 1.49 12 450 6526 -19.0 -21.4 81 2.4 -19.7 247 15 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 13 400 7392 -25.2 -27.8 79 2.6 -25.8 228 22 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.97 14 350 8346 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.0 -33.0 211 19 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.52 15 300 9412 -41.4 -44.7 70 3.3 -41.6 168 11 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.24 16 250 10619 -52.8 -56.3 66 3.5 -52.8 140 17 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.08 17 200 12058 -49.5 -76.6 3 27.1 -50.1 201 26 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13963 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.6 204 27 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.01 19 100 16606 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 186 18 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.51 m Freezing level: 660.18 mb = 3565.94 m = 11699.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.59 mb = 3281.93 m = 10767.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.05 C = 71.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.83 mb = 1605.39 m = 5266.96 ft T: 13.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2080.67 m = 6826.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.69 C = 69.25 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 549.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.78 mb = 1943.24 m = 6375.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.78 mb = 2420.24 m = 7940.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.78 mb = 10888.36 m = 35722.53 ft B at Equ Level: 526.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.78 mb = 12064.71 m = 39581.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 225.93 Bulk Shear: 2.43 m/s