MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 128 1 950 572 SFC 911 928 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 323 9 296.4 298.5 291.9 330.5 11.83 3 900 1033 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 329 14 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.3 11.64 4 850 1517 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 6 17 301.1 303.2 293.4 336.3 11.97 5 800 2029 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 80 6 304.4 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.06 6 750 2568 9.3 8.7 96 0.6 8.9 124 6 306.7 308.4 293.2 335.3 9.48 7 700 3138 6.1 5.1 93 1.1 5.5 130 8 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.5 7.89 8 650 3742 2.7 1.3 91 1.4 1.9 128 8 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.1 6.48 9 600 4386 -1.0 -3.0 86 2.0 -2.0 135 9 315.0 315.9 292.0 331.2 5.12 10 550 5077 -4.9 -5.4 97 0.4 -5.1 143 11 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.67 11 500 5820 -9.5 -11.7 84 2.2 -10.4 143 14 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.8 3.13 12 450 6626 -14.9 -22.5 52 7.6 -17.0 149 12 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.4 1.40 13 400 7505 -21.0 -27.6 55 6.6 -22.5 151 12 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 0.99 14 350 8477 -28.1 -36.0 47 7.9 -29.3 160 17 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.8 0.51 15 300 9563 -37.2 -47.7 33 10.6 -38.0 148 21 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 16 250 10795 -47.5 -59.8 23 12.4 -47.9 152 24 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 17 200 12229 -57.4 -62.6 52 5.2 -57.5 187 18 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14076 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 197 12 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16677 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 185 6 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.19 m Freezing level: 613.77 mb = 4209.05 m = 13809.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4051.53 m = 13292.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.94 C = 76.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.22 mb = 983.53 m = 3226.75 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1769.06 m = 5803.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.57 C = 70.82 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.15 mb = 1446.04 m = 4744.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.15 mb = 3715.52 m = 12189.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.15 mb = 8228.53 m = 26996.17 ft B at Equ Level: 79.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.15 mb = 11270.91 m = 36977.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 155.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 110.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 73.89 m/s