MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 122 1 950 568 SFC 912 927 19.4 13.1 67 6.4 15.3 142 5 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.0 10.42 3 900 1044 24.6 12.6 47 12.0 16.7 156 16 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.7 10.21 4 850 1542 20.5 11.6 56 9.0 14.7 163 13 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.3 10.12 5 800 2062 15.7 10.8 73 4.8 12.6 175 10 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.9 10.24 6 750 2606 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 196 8 308.2 310.2 294.3 339.8 10.43 7 700 3177 5.9 2.8 81 3.1 4.2 189 6 309.0 310.3 291.6 329.7 6.72 8 650 3780 3.6 -19.9 16 23.6 -4.3 108 3 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.1 1.21 9 600 4423 -0.5 -25.3 13 24.8 -7.7 128 5 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.3 0.81 10 550 5113 -4.4 -33.0 9 28.6 -11.1 149 8 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.4 0.43 11 500 5856 -9.1 -40.2 6 31.1 -14.9 157 10 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 12 450 6662 -14.6 -42.7 7 28.1 -19.1 157 10 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.20 13 400 7541 -21.0 -36.5 23 15.6 -23.6 138 7 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.42 14 350 8513 -28.0 -42.4 24 14.4 -29.7 110 4 330.9 331.0 292.2 332.0 0.26 15 300 9600 -36.8 -51.4 21 14.6 -37.8 196 4 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10831 -47.8 -54.1 48 6.3 -48.0 250 9 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12263 -57.7 -61.7 60 4.1 -57.8 227 8 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 14114 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 266 12 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16718 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 298 4 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.54 m Freezing level: 606.41 mb = 4340.71 m = 14241.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.40 mb = 3467.84 m = 11377.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.08 mb = 1745.56 m = 5726.84 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 22.70 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2747.18 m = 9012.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 38.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.81 mb = 2585.61 m = 8482.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.81 mb = 2980.46 m = 9778.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.81 mb = 11456.26 m = 37585.69 ft B at Equ Level: 442.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.81 mb = 13430.65 m = 44063.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 190.4 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 117.08 Bulk Shear: 3.83 m/s