MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 102 1 950 554 SFC 903 998 22.8 11.3 48 11.5 15.5 2 3 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.7 9.35 3 900 1032 25.0 11.3 42 13.7 16.1 10 5 307.3 309.0 293.2 335.6 9.36 4 850 1532 22.1 9.2 44 12.9 14.0 36 6 309.3 310.9 293.2 335.6 8.61 5 800 2054 17.4 7.1 51 10.3 11.2 76 2 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.1 7.93 6 750 2600 12.4 4.8 60 7.6 7.9 126 2 310.1 311.4 292.3 332.2 7.20 7 700 3174 7.9 -1.3 52 9.2 3.1 43 3 311.2 312.2 290.8 326.8 4.98 8 650 3780 2.8 -5.1 56 7.9 -0.9 34 4 312.2 312.9 290.3 324.9 4.04 9 600 4421 -2.9 -10.6 55 7.7 -6.0 345 4 312.8 313.3 289.3 321.9 2.84 10 550 5103 -7.5 -22.2 30 14.7 -11.8 343 10 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.2 1.17 11 500 5838 -12.5 -32.0 18 19.5 -16.6 348 12 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.52 12 450 6633 -17.6 -43.2 9 25.7 -21.2 8 14 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.19 13 400 7502 -24.3 -43.8 15 19.4 -26.6 6 16 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.20 14 350 8460 -32.0 -50.1 15 18.1 -33.4 357 15 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.11 15 300 9530 -39.9 -57.6 14 17.6 -40.7 337 14 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 16 250 10751 -48.8 -62.8 18 14.1 -49.1 309 18 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 12198 -51.8 -71.8 7 19.9 -52.2 304 18 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14067 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 301 19 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 339 12 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.09 m Freezing level: 625.28 mb = 4096.59 m = 13440.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.35 mb = 3638.24 m = 11936.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.97 mb = 2466.17 m = 8091.02 ft T: 13.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3395.90 m = 11141.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.08 mb = 3078.53 m = 10100.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.08 mb = 3741.11 m = 12273.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.08 mb = 10932.80 m = 35868.32 ft B at Equ Level: 842.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.08 mb = 13137.41 m = 43101.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 4.1 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 34.1 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1167.64 Bulk Shear: 0.73 m/s