MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 133 1 950 574 SFC 911 928 16.0 15.1 94 0.9 15.4 334 8 296.9 299.1 292.1 331.4 11.92 3 900 1035 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 338 10 296.4 298.4 291.4 329.0 11.29 4 850 1520 15.3 10.6 74 4.7 12.4 14 8 302.2 303.9 291.8 330.3 9.50 5 800 2032 13.2 8.3 72 4.9 10.2 88 2 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.1 8.59 6 750 2571 8.3 5.6 83 2.7 6.8 97 4 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.6 7.63 7 700 3137 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 2.9 116 6 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.4 6.33 8 650 3736 0.4 -2.0 84 2.4 -0.8 107 4 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.1 5.07 9 600 4374 -3.4 -6.1 82 2.7 -4.6 85 7 312.2 312.9 290.3 325.0 4.04 10 550 5056 -7.8 -12.8 67 5.0 -9.6 89 8 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.3 2.60 11 500 5791 -12.3 -21.7 45 9.4 -15.0 105 8 318.1 318.3 289.6 322.6 1.35 12 450 6588 -16.8 -40.7 11 23.9 -20.5 111 7 322.1 322.1 289.6 323.0 0.24 13 400 7461 -22.8 -56.8 3 34.0 -25.8 140 7 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.5 0.04 14 350 8426 -29.3 -51.3 10 22.0 -31.2 152 12 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 15 300 9510 -37.5 -43.5 54 6.0 -38.0 164 15 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.27 16 250 10740 -47.4 -53.4 50 6.0 -47.6 150 23 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 17 200 12184 -54.3 -67.6 18 13.3 -54.5 156 26 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14044 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 195 16 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16652 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 189 7 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.33 m Freezing level: 645.11 mb = 3798.44 m = 12461.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.67 mb = 3604.36 m = 11825.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.42 mb = 1040.13 m = 3412.47 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.41 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.53 mb = 2400.10 m = 7874.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.30 mb = 1820.41 m = 5972.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.30 mb = 3075.06 m = 10088.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.30 mb = 7183.27 m = 23566.86 ft B at Equ Level: 152.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.30 mb = 9616.33 m = 31549.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 118.7 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.62 Bulk Shear: 20.04 m/s