MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 108 1 950 556 SFC 910 928 20.7 18.2 86 2.5 19.0 324 3 301.8 304.5 295.5 344.9 14.62 3 900 1028 21.4 16.0 71 5.4 17.7 23 2 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.7 12.82 4 850 1521 18.0 12.5 70 5.4 14.4 78 8 305.0 307.0 293.6 337.3 10.81 5 800 2037 13.9 10.6 81 3.3 11.8 87 10 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.2 10.07 6 750 2578 9.7 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 103 10 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.2 8.93 7 700 3148 6.2 4.6 89 1.6 5.2 98 11 309.3 310.8 292.4 332.6 7.60 8 650 3752 2.5 0.7 88 1.7 1.5 108 12 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.2 6.22 9 600 4395 -1.5 -2.3 94 0.8 -1.9 120 13 314.4 315.4 292.1 331.5 5.41 10 550 5085 -4.9 -5.7 94 0.8 -5.3 136 15 318.2 319.1 292.5 332.9 4.54 11 500 5829 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 158 13 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.7 3.64 12 450 6636 -14.5 -18.8 70 4.3 -15.9 163 15 325.0 325.3 292.2 331.6 1.93 13 400 7516 -21.1 -35.8 25 14.7 -23.6 171 11 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.45 14 350 8488 -28.0 -33.9 57 5.9 -29.0 150 13 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.62 15 300 9576 -36.7 -41.0 64 4.3 -37.1 141 14 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.0 0.35 16 250 10809 -47.8 -53.0 55 5.3 -48.0 151 15 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12241 -56.6 -65.0 34 8.4 -56.8 189 12 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14090 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 213 5 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16695 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 249 4 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.13 m Freezing level: 618.63 mb = 4155.81 m = 13634.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 4037.98 m = 13247.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.13 mb = 1240.45 m = 4069.66 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2267.57 m = 7439.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.17 C = 77.31 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 671.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.30 mb = 2044.61 m = 6707.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.30 mb = 2530.27 m = 8301.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.30 mb = 11504.72 m = 37744.70 ft B at Equ Level: 665.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.30 mb = 13504.88 m = 44306.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 155.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 40.35 Bulk Shear: 16.66 m/s