MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 121 1 950 565 SFC 911 928 18.1 17.4 95 0.7 17.7 317 8 299.2 301.7 294.2 339.5 13.84 3 900 1032 18.2 16.3 89 1.9 17.0 326 15 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.7 13.08 4 850 1521 15.5 13.9 90 1.6 14.5 354 8 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.4 11.83 5 800 2034 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 67 6 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.7 11.08 6 750 2574 9.4 9.0 98 0.4 9.2 86 9 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.9 9.67 7 700 3144 6.0 5.6 97 0.4 5.8 99 10 309.2 310.7 292.9 334.2 8.18 8 650 3748 2.7 1.3 91 1.4 1.9 114 12 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.1 6.46 9 600 4391 -1.3 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.8 122 13 314.6 315.6 292.2 331.7 5.40 10 550 5082 -4.6 -5.2 95 0.7 -4.9 130 17 318.6 319.6 292.7 333.9 4.71 11 500 5827 -9.1 -10.3 91 1.2 -9.6 133 18 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.5 3.50 12 450 6634 -14.4 -16.6 83 2.2 -15.2 135 17 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.0 2.32 13 400 7515 -20.8 -25.5 66 4.7 -21.9 144 15 328.0 328.3 292.3 332.3 1.20 14 350 8487 -27.9 -31.7 70 3.7 -28.6 147 14 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.9 0.77 15 300 9575 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 143 17 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10803 -48.1 -52.1 63 4.0 -48.3 155 20 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 12238 -56.1 -65.2 31 9.1 -56.3 184 17 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14089 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 193 9 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16688 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 277 1 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.95 m Freezing level: 616.62 mb = 4177.62 m = 13705.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4071.93 m = 13359.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.05 C = 77.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.14 mb = 1021.19 m = 3350.33 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1817.87 m = 5964.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.51 C = 72.52 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.89 mb = 1612.24 m = 5289.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.89 mb = 2290.08 m = 7513.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.89 mb = 11455.59 m = 37583.52 ft B at Equ Level: 526.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.89 mb = 13441.43 m = 44098.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 146.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 7.15 Bulk Shear: 75.28 m/s