MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 52.36,-113.22 Latitude: 52.36 Longitude: -113.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 534 SFC 917 844 18.6 18.0 97 0.5 18.2 241 4 299.1 301.7 294.6 340.9 14.36 3 900 1001 17.9 16.3 91 1.5 16.8 287 4 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.3 13.09 4 850 1489 15.1 13.0 87 2.1 13.8 40 8 302.0 304.1 293.0 335.0 11.16 5 800 2000 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.4 48 15 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.8 9.52 6 750 2537 7.7 6.2 90 1.5 6.9 53 18 305.0 306.4 291.4 329.0 7.98 7 700 3102 3.7 2.3 91 1.4 2.9 62 22 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.3 6.48 8 650 3701 0.3 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 81 19 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.88 9 600 4341 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 111 20 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.34 10 550 5029 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 120 21 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.42 11 500 5773 -9.1 -10.2 92 1.1 -9.6 133 23 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.6 3.52 12 450 6581 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -14.9 144 24 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.45 13 400 7463 -20.3 -22.4 83 2.2 -20.8 157 24 328.6 329.0 292.9 334.2 1.58 14 350 8437 -27.7 -30.4 77 2.8 -28.2 164 25 331.5 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.87 15 300 9526 -36.6 -39.8 72 3.2 -37.0 168 23 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.40 16 250 10760 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 174 21 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12191 -57.8 -62.4 56 4.6 -57.9 173 31 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 14052 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 195 22 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16665 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 205 13 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.43 m Freezing level: 644.01 mb = 3777.27 m = 12392.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.08 mb = 3736.59 m = 12259.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.90 mb = 906.33 m = 2973.50 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1718.66 m = 5638.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.06 C = 71.70 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 351.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.86 mb = 1549.89 m = 5084.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.86 mb = 1907.24 m = 6257.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.86 mb = 10788.88 m = 35396.16 ft B at Equ Level: 349.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.86 mb = 12913.77 m = 42367.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 131.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 66.27 m/s