MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 52.18,-113.8 Latitude: 52.18 Longitude: -113.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 564 SFC 910 928 16.3 3.6 43 12.6 9.5 255 3 297.3 298.3 286.5 313.5 5.46 3 900 1021 13.6 2.0 45 11.6 7.6 258 4 295.5 296.4 285.3 310.0 4.92 4 850 1498 8.6 1.0 59 7.7 4.8 259 4 295.2 296.1 285.1 309.4 4.83 5 800 1995 3.7 -0.1 76 3.8 1.9 263 4 295.1 296.0 285.0 309.1 4.76 6 750 2515 -1.0 -3.8 81 2.8 -2.2 299 8 295.5 296.2 284.1 306.9 3.84 7 700 3060 -5.4 -8.9 76 3.5 -6.7 309 16 296.5 297.0 283.4 304.9 2.79 8 650 3636 -10.2 -14.1 73 3.9 -11.4 307 19 297.4 297.8 282.8 303.5 1.98 9 600 4250 -12.6 -25.4 34 12.8 -15.5 317 18 301.5 301.6 283.0 304.1 0.81 10 550 4909 -15.9 -30.2 28 14.2 -18.6 325 22 305.2 305.3 284.2 307.1 0.57 11 500 5619 -22.0 -29.8 49 7.8 -23.4 319 22 306.2 306.3 284.7 308.3 0.64 12 450 6384 -27.4 -32.6 61 5.2 -28.1 320 24 308.8 308.9 285.6 310.7 0.55 13 400 7222 -32.8 -37.9 60 5.1 -33.3 331 26 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.7 0.36 14 350 8147 -40.0 -45.9 53 5.9 -40.4 327 33 314.7 314.8 287.2 315.4 0.18 15 300 9183 -47.6 -55.0 42 7.4 -47.8 332 36 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.6 0.07 16 250 10364 -54.4 -62.4 37 8.0 -54.6 332 41 325.1 325.2 290.3 325.3 0.03 17 200 11797 -51.9 -76.5 4 24.6 -52.3 336 37 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13665 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 335 23 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16296 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.9 324 12 429.0 429.0 308.7 429.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.30 m Freezing level: 760.71 mb = 2403.33 m = 7884.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.90 mb = 2230.92 m = 7319.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.21 % Est. max temperature: 14.39 C = 57.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.68 mb = 2485.88 m = 8155.67 ft T: -0.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.79 mb = 2463.43 m = 8082.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.42 C = 57.96 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.31 mb = 2457.87 m = 8063.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.31 mb = 2511.34 m = 8239.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 580.31 mb = 4502.63 m = 14772.24 ft B at Equ Level: 84.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 430.31 mb = 6702.43 m = 21989.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.01 Bulk Shear: 28.30 m/s