MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 125 1 950 566 SFC 910 928 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 312 7 296.2 298.3 291.7 330.1 11.77 3 900 1027 14.6 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 320 12 296.5 298.6 291.7 330.0 11.57 4 850 1511 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 35 15 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.79 5 800 2022 12.1 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 126 7 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.0 11.05 6 750 2561 9.1 8.9 99 0.2 9.0 149 5 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.4 9.60 7 700 3130 5.9 5.5 98 0.3 5.7 155 6 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.9 8.15 8 650 3735 2.5 1.9 96 0.5 2.1 155 7 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.8 6.78 9 600 4378 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.7 -1.9 148 8 314.4 315.4 292.1 331.5 5.42 10 550 5068 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -5.0 143 8 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.7 4.76 11 500 5811 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 144 10 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.5 3.48 12 450 6615 -15.5 -18.1 80 2.6 -16.3 140 8 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.04 13 400 7494 -21.3 -25.3 71 3.9 -22.3 152 9 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.23 14 350 8465 -28.5 -38.9 36 10.4 -29.9 150 13 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.38 15 300 9550 -37.0 -51.1 22 14.1 -38.0 159 18 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 16 250 10782 -47.9 -57.8 31 9.9 -48.2 154 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.06 17 200 12213 -57.7 -63.4 48 5.7 -57.8 171 20 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 14057 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 205 15 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16662 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 216 9 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.97 m Freezing level: 619.14 mb = 4131.67 m = 13555.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.48 mb = 4069.47 m = 13351.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.59 mb = 964.47 m = 3164.23 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.48 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1710.63 m = 5612.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.67 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.26 mb = 1438.61 m = 4719.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.26 mb = 3582.29 m = 11752.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.26 mb = 5035.25 m = 16519.66 ft B at Equ Level: 46.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.26 mb = 10983.69 m = 36035.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.1 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 164.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 129.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.73 Bulk Shear: 53.03 m/s