MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 52.47,-114.25 Latitude: 52.47 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 72 1 950 516 SFC 904 951 20.3 16.6 79 3.7 17.8 253 1 302.1 304.5 294.6 341.3 13.28 3 900 988 21.1 14.3 65 6.8 16.6 239 1 303.2 305.4 293.6 337.3 11.47 4 850 1480 17.0 10.2 64 6.9 12.7 232 2 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.20 5 800 1993 12.2 9.1 81 3.1 10.3 203 1 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.5 9.11 6 750 2530 7.4 7.3 99 0.2 7.3 197 2 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.3 8.57 7 700 3095 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 2.9 225 5 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.3 6.69 8 650 3691 -1.1 -1.6 97 0.5 -1.4 262 7 307.7 308.7 289.9 323.9 5.24 9 600 4326 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 259 9 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.4 4.20 10 550 5005 -9.0 -9.7 95 0.7 -9.2 253 10 313.4 314.1 290.0 324.2 3.34 11 500 5737 -13.2 -14.3 92 1.1 -13.6 246 10 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.2 2.53 12 450 6532 -18.3 -20.1 86 1.8 -18.8 227 11 320.2 320.6 290.6 326.1 1.73 13 400 7399 -24.7 -27.2 80 2.5 -25.2 235 14 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.6 1.03 14 350 8355 -32.0 -35.1 74 3.1 -32.4 249 20 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.55 15 300 9423 -41.4 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.6 251 29 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 16 250 10629 -53.1 -56.6 65 3.5 -53.2 246 34 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.07 17 200 12060 -49.4 -73.0 5 23.6 -49.9 203 26 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13966 -47.2 -77.6 2 30.4 -48.1 195 23 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.01 19 100 16609 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 183 16 424.9 424.9 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.54 m Freezing level: 663.09 mb = 3535.31 m = 11598.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.76 mb = 3498.72 m = 11478.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.61 % Est. max temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.20 mb = 1417.54 m = 4650.65 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.73 mb = 2271.24 m = 7451.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.68 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 40.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.62 mb = 2197.44 m = 7209.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.62 mb = 2358.86 m = 7738.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.62 mb = 11008.62 m = 36117.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1039.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.62 mb = 12920.80 m = 42390.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 290.16 Bulk Shear: 3.62 m/s