MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 111 1 950 559 SFC 911 928 27.0 13.0 42 14.1 17.7 85 6 308.3 310.2 294.3 339.7 10.36 3 900 1035 24.6 11.5 44 13.1 16.1 84 6 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.5 9.50 4 850 1532 19.5 10.4 55 9.1 13.7 85 6 306.6 308.3 293.0 334.7 9.33 5 800 2049 14.5 9.2 71 5.3 11.2 85 7 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.2 9.15 6 750 2590 9.4 6.2 81 3.2 7.5 89 8 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.0 7.98 7 700 3158 5.3 -1.5 61 6.8 1.9 110 9 308.4 309.3 289.9 323.6 4.90 8 650 3759 1.8 -7.1 52 8.9 -2.2 114 7 311.0 311.6 289.3 321.9 3.44 9 600 4401 -0.3 -27.4 11 27.1 -7.8 113 8 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.1 0.67 10 550 5092 -4.2 -37.0 6 32.9 -11.2 109 7 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.29 11 500 5836 -8.8 -41.4 5 32.6 -14.7 131 11 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.0 0.20 12 450 6641 -14.9 -42.8 7 27.9 -19.3 137 12 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.19 13 400 7520 -20.9 -47.1 8 26.2 -24.1 134 10 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.14 14 350 8492 -28.2 -46.6 15 18.4 -30.1 163 9 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.16 15 300 9578 -37.0 -54.3 15 17.4 -38.0 152 17 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10810 -48.0 -56.4 38 8.4 -48.3 175 14 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 17 200 12242 -56.3 -66.4 27 10.1 -56.5 216 18 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14098 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 222 8 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16700 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 265 3 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.06 m Freezing level: 608.21 mb = 4295.98 m = 14094.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.90 mb = 3430.34 m = 11254.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.32 mb = 2685.91 m = 8811.92 ft T: 8.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 21.67 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2739.36 m = 8987.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.70 mb = 2681.65 m = 8797.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.70 mb = 2849.87 m = 9349.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 596.70 mb = 4445.10 m = 14583.48 ft B at Equ Level: 43.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.70 mb = 11726.87 m = 38473.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.0 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 143.0 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.03 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s