MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 103 1 950 553 SFC 910 928 26.0 15.1 51 10.9 18.6 90 8 307.3 309.5 295.1 343.2 11.92 3 900 1030 24.7 13.1 48 11.6 17.1 90 10 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.1 10.62 4 850 1527 19.9 11.9 60 7.9 14.7 86 9 307.0 308.9 293.9 338.3 10.37 5 800 2046 14.9 10.9 77 3.9 12.3 80 8 307.0 308.9 293.9 338.1 10.31 6 750 2588 9.7 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 69 7 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.80 7 700 3157 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 50 6 308.6 310.1 292.3 332.4 7.78 8 650 3760 2.0 0.1 87 2.0 1.0 88 7 311.2 312.4 291.6 329.7 5.92 9 600 4403 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.5 -3.1 117 8 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.25 10 550 5094 -4.1 -16.4 38 12.3 -8.5 120 10 319.3 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.93 11 500 5839 -8.4 -37.8 7 29.4 -14.3 131 14 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.30 12 450 6646 -14.5 -41.7 8 27.2 -19.0 141 16 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.22 13 400 7525 -20.9 -45.2 9 24.2 -24.1 147 14 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 14 350 8497 -28.2 -47.2 14 19.0 -30.2 158 10 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.15 15 300 9583 -36.9 -54.8 14 18.0 -37.9 158 16 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10816 -47.9 -56.7 36 8.7 -48.3 172 15 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 17 200 12247 -56.0 -64.9 32 8.9 -56.2 212 15 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14102 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 243 10 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 235 3 418.9 418.9 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.98 m Freezing level: 616.25 mb = 4193.91 m = 13759.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.16 mb = 3907.65 m = 12820.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.89 mb = 2302.86 m = 7555.22 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.32 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.64 mb = 2513.89 m = 8247.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 39.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.50 mb = 2504.32 m = 8216.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.50 mb = 2559.95 m = 8398.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.50 mb = 11563.03 m = 37936.00 ft B at Equ Level: 611.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.50 mb = 13585.97 m = 44572.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 139.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -14.3 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 383.25 Bulk Shear: 1.63 m/s