MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 52.43,-114.91 Latitude: 52.43 Longitude: -114.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 557 SFC 904 998 22.6 13.0 55 9.6 16.3 17 4 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.6 10.44 3 900 1034 24.7 13.4 49 11.3 17.1 27 7 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.4 10.77 4 850 1534 21.4 11.5 53 9.9 15.0 47 9 308.6 310.4 294.1 339.1 10.05 5 800 2055 16.9 9.7 62 7.2 12.3 61 4 309.2 310.9 293.8 338.0 9.46 6 750 2601 12.2 7.0 71 5.2 9.0 112 2 309.8 311.4 293.2 335.5 8.39 7 700 3175 7.4 0.6 62 6.8 3.8 50 1 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.5 5.72 8 650 3779 2.1 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.1 330 4 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.9 4.96 9 600 4420 -2.3 -19.7 25 17.4 -7.9 337 8 313.5 313.7 288.1 317.9 1.34 10 550 5104 -6.8 -30.0 14 23.2 -12.3 351 12 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.1 0.58 11 500 5840 -11.4 -38.1 9 26.7 -16.3 8 17 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.29 12 450 6639 -17.0 -42.3 9 25.2 -20.8 12 21 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.21 13 400 7510 -23.4 -46.6 10 23.3 -26.0 19 24 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.14 14 350 8472 -30.5 -50.7 12 20.2 -32.1 27 25 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.10 15 300 9548 -39.1 -56.1 15 17.0 -40.0 30 25 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.06 16 250 10771 -48.8 -63.1 17 14.3 -49.2 11 18 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 17 200 12210 -54.7 -71.0 12 16.3 -54.9 314 22 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14068 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 300 25 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16650 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 318 13 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.52 m Freezing level: 625.87 mb = 4088.30 m = 13412.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.26 mb = 3763.53 m = 12347.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.35 mb = 2222.38 m = 7291.20 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2986.69 m = 9798.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1212.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.61 mb = 2728.41 m = 8951.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.61 mb = 3249.49 m = 10660.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.61 mb = 11490.36 m = 37697.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1200.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.61 mb = 13914.63 m = 45651.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.4 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 38.4 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 444.34 Bulk Shear: 2.73 m/s