MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 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 142 1 950 585 SFC 913 928 18.4 12.7 69 5.7 14.8 163 8 299.3 301.1 291.5 329.0 10.17 3 900 1048 16.2 11.8 75 4.4 13.4 167 11 298.2 300.0 290.7 326.5 9.70 4 850 1538 18.4 11.7 65 6.7 14.1 177 21 305.4 307.3 293.3 336.0 10.20 5 800 2055 14.5 8.7 68 5.8 10.9 169 17 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.4 8.85 6 750 2596 9.9 4.0 66 5.9 6.5 176 16 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.0 6.79 7 700 3167 7.9 -10.4 26 18.2 0.1 173 8 311.2 311.7 288.5 319.2 2.48 8 650 3773 4.2 -15.2 23 19.4 -3.1 267 1 313.7 314.1 288.6 319.7 1.81 9 600 4417 -0.6 -20.2 21 19.7 -7.0 329 0 315.5 315.7 288.6 319.8 1.27 10 550 5106 -4.9 -27.6 15 22.7 -10.9 144 2 318.2 318.4 289.0 320.8 0.72 11 500 5848 -9.6 -33.4 12 23.9 -14.7 175 3 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.46 12 450 6652 -15.5 -35.6 16 20.0 -19.3 200 5 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.41 13 400 7528 -22.4 -37.3 25 14.9 -24.8 194 6 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.39 14 350 8493 -29.6 -45.5 20 15.9 -31.2 196 6 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 15 300 9573 -38.5 -47.7 38 9.1 -39.2 187 5 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10799 -48.3 -56.3 39 8.0 -48.6 194 6 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 17 200 12239 -55.2 -69.4 16 14.2 -55.4 301 5 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14089 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 276 13 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16679 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 320 15 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.82 m Freezing level: 606.02 mb = 4339.81 m = 14238.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.78 mb = 3180.91 m = 10435.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.60 mb = 1653.19 m = 5423.79 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.53 mb = 2939.13 m = 9642.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 21.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 281.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.86 mb = 2161.93 m = 7092.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 444.86 mb = 6737.22 m = 22103.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.86 mb = 8802.98 m = 28880.80 ft B at Equ Level: 57.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.86 mb = 10669.04 m = 35002.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.0 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 205.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -19.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.44 Bulk Shear: 5.08 m/s