MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 134 1 950 574 SFC 911 928 14.7 14.1 96 0.7 14.3 313 6 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.8 11.15 3 900 1034 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.8 322 12 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.6 10.82 4 850 1520 15.9 10.5 70 5.4 12.6 4 3 302.8 304.6 292.0 330.9 9.44 5 800 2034 13.4 8.4 72 5.0 10.4 93 2 305.4 307.1 292.2 331.6 8.69 6 750 2573 8.5 5.7 82 2.8 6.9 111 4 305.8 307.2 291.4 329.0 7.66 7 700 3139 4.1 2.8 91 1.3 3.4 121 5 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.5 6.70 8 650 3738 0.8 -2.1 81 2.9 -0.7 126 3 309.8 310.8 290.4 325.5 5.03 9 600 4377 -3.5 -6.5 80 3.0 -4.8 67 4 312.1 312.8 290.1 324.5 3.92 10 550 5059 -7.9 -10.5 81 2.6 -8.9 51 8 314.8 315.4 290.2 324.9 3.13 11 500 5794 -11.9 -21.8 43 10.0 -14.7 54 7 318.6 318.8 289.7 323.1 1.33 12 450 6593 -16.2 -37.4 14 21.2 -19.9 123 7 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.34 13 400 7468 -22.3 -41.3 16 18.9 -24.9 142 11 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.26 14 350 8435 -29.2 -46.4 17 17.3 -30.9 142 13 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 15 300 9519 -36.8 -49.4 26 12.6 -37.8 148 17 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.14 16 250 10754 -46.8 -54.6 41 7.8 -47.1 136 21 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.09 17 200 12200 -54.3 -66.2 22 11.9 -54.6 153 23 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.03 18 150 14057 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 200 16 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16664 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 227 6 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.97 m Freezing level: 641.08 mb = 3852.16 m = 12638.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.39 mb = 3634.50 m = 11924.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.12 % Est. max temperature: 24.56 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.61 mb = 1009.38 m = 3311.57 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.07 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2469.13 m = 8100.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.10 mb = 1896.07 m = 6220.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.10 mb = 3160.63 m = 10369.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.10 mb = 6294.26 m = 20650.21 ft B at Equ Level: 118.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.10 mb = 8889.13 m = 29163.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.9 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 104.9 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.68 Bulk Shear: 17.79 m/s