MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 125 1 950 569 SFC 912 928 21.8 16.0 69 5.8 17.8 245 1 302.9 305.2 294.4 340.2 12.62 3 900 1039 20.4 14.8 70 5.7 16.7 216 3 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.80 4 850 1534 18.8 10.1 57 8.7 13.3 106 5 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.6 9.19 5 800 2050 14.1 8.2 68 5.8 10.5 90 8 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.0 8.57 6 750 2590 8.9 6.8 87 2.1 7.6 88 9 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.3 8.31 7 700 3157 4.9 0.1 71 4.8 2.4 90 10 307.9 308.9 290.2 324.8 5.50 8 650 3758 1.7 -3.5 68 5.3 -0.8 98 3 310.9 311.8 290.3 325.2 4.54 9 600 4401 -0.0 -16.6 27 16.6 -6.0 114 5 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.9 1.73 10 550 5092 -4.4 -31.8 10 27.5 -11.0 148 6 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.48 11 500 5836 -8.8 -42.2 5 33.4 -14.7 155 12 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.0 0.19 12 450 6641 -14.9 -43.4 7 28.5 -19.3 157 11 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.18 13 400 7520 -20.9 -46.5 8 25.6 -24.1 147 7 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.15 14 350 8491 -28.5 -44.6 20 16.1 -30.3 174 7 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.21 15 300 9577 -37.2 -52.0 20 14.9 -38.1 140 14 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 16 250 10807 -48.1 -55.4 43 7.3 -48.4 177 11 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12238 -57.0 -64.4 38 7.5 -57.1 220 16 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 14090 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.6 260 3 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16693 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 270 2 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.93 m Freezing level: 600.59 mb = 4393.22 m = 14413.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.65 mb = 3602.00 m = 11817.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.71 mb = 1667.84 m = 5471.86 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 15.45 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2497.04 m = 8192.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.33 mb = 2323.00 m = 7621.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.33 mb = 2708.02 m = 8884.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.33 mb = 4276.96 m = 14031.83 ft B at Equ Level: 60.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.33 mb = 11945.36 m = 39190.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 155.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -10.1 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.75 Bulk Shear: 3.93 m/s