MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 126 1 950 577 SFC 913 928 25.8 15.7 54 10.1 18.9 156 10 306.9 309.2 295.3 344.1 12.36 3 900 1051 23.0 14.4 58 8.6 17.2 157 12 305.2 307.3 294.3 339.7 11.54 4 850 1546 18.7 11.4 62 7.3 14.0 173 18 305.8 307.6 293.3 335.9 10.02 5 800 2063 14.9 7.3 60 7.6 10.3 173 19 307.0 308.5 292.1 331.4 8.03 6 750 2605 10.2 2.9 61 7.2 6.2 177 18 307.6 308.8 290.9 326.9 6.32 7 700 3175 7.9 -10.7 25 18.6 0.0 171 7 311.3 311.7 288.5 319.1 2.42 8 650 3782 4.2 -15.2 23 19.4 -3.1 58 3 313.8 314.1 288.6 319.7 1.80 9 600 4426 -0.6 -21.0 20 20.4 -7.1 71 3 315.4 315.7 288.6 319.5 1.20 10 550 5115 -5.0 -28.4 14 23.4 -11.1 124 4 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.67 11 500 5857 -9.6 -33.5 12 23.9 -14.8 137 4 321.3 321.4 289.6 323.0 0.45 12 450 6660 -15.4 -35.7 16 20.3 -19.3 172 4 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.40 13 400 7537 -22.0 -39.2 20 17.1 -24.6 208 6 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.32 14 350 8504 -29.4 -41.6 30 12.2 -30.8 201 9 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.29 15 300 9584 -38.3 -46.0 44 7.7 -38.9 208 11 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.21 16 250 10811 -48.2 -56.3 39 8.1 -48.5 253 11 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12250 -56.0 -68.7 19 12.6 -56.2 255 7 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14092 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 292 11 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16690 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 333 10 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.56 m Freezing level: 606.18 mb = 4346.30 m = 14259.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.69 mb = 3178.77 m = 10428.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.99 mb = 2200.59 m = 7219.71 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 25.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2682.54 m = 8800.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 21.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 523.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.98 mb = 2416.77 m = 7928.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.98 mb = 4136.34 m = 13570.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.98 mb = 11293.39 m = 37051.36 ft B at Equ Level: 513.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.98 mb = 13216.41 m = 43360.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.0 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 192.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -23.1 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 142.37 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s