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: 52.56,-114.71 Latitude: 52.56 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 82 1 950 528 2 900 995 SFC 900 999 18.1 15.0 82 3.0 16.1 257 7 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.5 12.04 4 850 1483 14.4 11.4 82 3.0 12.6 266 12 301.2 303.1 291.9 330.9 10.04 5 800 1993 10.8 9.6 92 1.2 10.0 271 7 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.40 6 750 2528 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.1 270 4 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.6 8.37 7 700 3093 3.7 3.5 98 0.3 3.6 262 3 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.0 7.02 8 650 3691 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 237 4 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.51 9 600 4326 -4.8 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.0 259 6 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.0 4.31 10 550 5005 -8.9 -9.8 93 0.9 -9.2 249 8 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.2 3.30 11 500 5738 -13.1 -14.6 89 1.4 -13.6 249 10 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.2 2.47 12 450 6532 -18.3 -20.2 85 1.9 -18.8 234 12 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.1 1.71 13 400 7400 -24.7 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.2 228 13 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.02 14 350 8356 -32.4 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.8 238 16 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.53 15 300 9422 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 239 21 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.23 16 250 10626 -53.4 -56.9 65 3.5 -53.5 227 28 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.07 17 200 12055 -48.4 -75.7 3 27.3 -48.9 205 24 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 13963 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 194 23 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 19 100 16608 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 186 16 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.06 m Freezing level: 657.05 mb = 3606.55 m = 11832.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.56 mb = 3585.36 m = 11762.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.33 % Est. max temperature: 22.23 C = 72.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.10 mb = 1381.99 m = 4534.04 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.43 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1955.70 m = 6416.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.40 C = 68.71 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 853.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.54 mb = 1810.24 m = 5939.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.54 mb = 2175.69 m = 7138.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.54 mb = 11090.09 m = 36384.38 ft B at Equ Level: 816.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.54 mb = 12661.22 m = 41538.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 864.56 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s