MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 110 1 950 562 SFC 912 927 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.2 158 4 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.9 11.25 3 900 1040 25.6 12.5 44 13.1 17.0 167 11 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.7 10.18 4 850 1539 20.9 11.1 53 9.8 14.6 172 12 308.1 309.9 293.8 337.9 9.82 5 800 2059 15.9 10.0 68 5.9 12.1 174 12 308.1 309.9 293.7 337.5 9.70 6 750 2603 10.7 8.8 88 1.9 9.5 175 12 308.2 310.0 293.6 337.2 9.53 7 700 3174 6.5 0.5 66 6.0 3.3 156 8 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.2 5.67 8 650 3778 3.7 -18.2 18 21.9 -4.0 149 3 313.1 313.4 288.0 317.8 1.40 9 600 4422 -0.6 -24.8 14 24.2 -7.7 102 3 315.4 315.6 288.2 318.4 0.85 10 550 5111 -4.4 -32.4 9 28.0 -11.1 107 5 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.5 0.46 11 500 5856 -8.7 -36.9 8 28.2 -14.5 122 5 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.32 12 450 6662 -14.3 -36.8 13 22.5 -18.5 132 6 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.36 13 400 7543 -20.7 -32.8 33 12.1 -23.0 140 3 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.61 14 350 8515 -27.9 -41.1 27 13.1 -29.6 339 3 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.30 15 300 9603 -36.8 -51.2 21 14.4 -37.8 299 7 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.11 16 250 10835 -47.8 -54.9 43 7.2 -48.0 274 14 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12271 -56.7 -62.0 51 5.3 -56.8 265 12 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14116 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 250 11 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16719 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 318 5 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.31 m Freezing level: 606.80 mb = 4334.41 m = 14220.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.47 mb = 3440.94 m = 11289.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.65 mb = 2073.32 m = 6802.16 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 20.94 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2821.49 m = 9256.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.48 mb = 2708.88 m = 8887.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.48 mb = 2993.12 m = 9819.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.48 mb = 11499.18 m = 37726.52 ft B at Equ Level: 432.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.48 mb = 13109.90 m = 43010.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.9 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 182.9 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -10.3 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 166.30 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s