MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 104 1 950 555 SFC 910 928 22.9 18.2 74 4.8 19.6 78 4 304.2 306.8 296.1 347.5 14.57 3 900 1029 22.6 14.8 62 7.8 17.4 74 7 304.8 307.0 294.4 340.2 11.86 4 850 1524 18.8 12.7 68 6.1 14.8 77 9 305.8 307.9 294.0 338.6 10.91 5 800 2041 14.2 11.1 82 3.1 12.2 77 9 306.3 308.2 293.7 337.7 10.43 6 750 2582 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 78 9 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.3 8.94 7 700 3152 6.1 5.1 93 1.0 5.5 80 10 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.5 7.91 8 650 3756 2.6 1.5 93 1.1 2.0 98 12 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.3 6.58 9 600 4400 -1.0 -2.8 88 1.8 -1.9 111 12 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.20 10 550 5089 -4.5 -7.4 80 3.0 -5.8 113 11 318.8 319.5 292.2 331.7 3.98 11 500 5835 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.2 120 12 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.26 12 450 6642 -14.3 -21.2 56 6.8 -16.4 132 13 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.6 1.57 13 400 7523 -20.8 -32.3 35 11.4 -23.1 151 13 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.2 0.64 14 350 8495 -28.0 -41.9 25 13.9 -29.7 154 12 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.28 15 300 9583 -36.6 -51.7 20 15.1 -37.6 164 15 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10817 -47.6 -56.0 38 8.4 -47.9 167 18 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12249 -56.2 -66.2 27 10.0 -56.3 205 12 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14099 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 266 8 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16701 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 246 4 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.26 m Freezing level: 613.98 mb = 4219.83 m = 13844.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.38 mb = 4079.61 m = 13384.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.83 mb = 1535.47 m = 5037.58 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2340.95 m = 7680.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 689.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.97 mb = 2189.14 m = 7182.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.97 mb = 2460.30 m = 8071.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.97 mb = 11609.13 m = 38087.24 ft B at Equ Level: 680.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.97 mb = 13645.25 m = 44767.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.1 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 133.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 19.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 175.57 Bulk Shear: 3.93 m/s