MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 101 1 950 556 SFC 911 928 28.0 14.0 42 14.0 18.5 163 10 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.1 11.10 3 900 1035 26.3 12.6 43 13.7 17.2 164 12 308.6 310.5 294.3 339.7 10.24 4 850 1535 21.4 11.5 53 9.8 15.0 164 13 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.2 10.10 5 800 2056 16.3 10.7 69 5.6 12.7 164 13 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.3 10.13 6 750 2601 11.0 9.5 91 1.5 10.0 164 13 308.5 310.3 294.0 338.8 9.99 7 700 3172 8.0 -9.8 27 17.8 0.3 145 5 311.4 311.8 288.6 319.7 2.60 8 650 3779 4.4 -18.1 18 22.5 -3.7 124 3 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.6 1.41 9 600 4425 0.2 -25.6 12 25.8 -7.3 86 2 316.4 316.5 288.5 319.1 0.79 10 550 5116 -3.8 -32.9 8 29.1 -10.7 174 1 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.44 11 500 5861 -8.6 -36.7 8 28.0 -14.4 187 4 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.7 0.33 12 450 6667 -14.8 -36.2 14 21.4 -18.8 184 4 324.6 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.38 13 400 7545 -21.5 -34.2 31 12.7 -23.7 251 4 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.53 14 350 8514 -29.1 -37.0 47 7.8 -30.2 276 7 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.46 15 300 9597 -37.3 -49.0 28 11.7 -38.1 311 10 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.15 16 250 10829 -47.6 -58.0 29 10.4 -48.0 287 13 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12267 -55.7 -65.0 30 9.3 -55.9 265 14 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14114 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 248 9 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16708 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 306 10 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.86 m Freezing level: 597.31 mb = 4461.75 m = 14638.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.08 mb = 3218.51 m = 10559.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.60 mb = 2682.87 m = 8801.97 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.66 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.34 mb = 2946.64 m = 9667.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 23.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 707.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.90 mb = 2757.93 m = 9048.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.90 mb = 3643.03 m = 11952.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.90 mb = 11626.05 m = 38142.76 ft B at Equ Level: 696.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.90 mb = 13663.71 m = 44827.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.3 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 192.3 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -13.3 tot: -11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 152.11 Bulk Shear: 4.65 m/s