MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 120 1 950 562 SFC 911 928 20.6 16.1 75 4.5 17.5 16 4 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.2 12.71 3 900 1030 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.2 17 5 300.7 302.9 293.3 335.8 11.94 4 850 1517 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 44 6 301.2 303.0 292.0 331.1 10.16 5 800 2028 12.4 8.8 79 3.6 10.2 87 4 304.3 306.0 292.0 331.1 8.93 6 750 2566 8.0 6.2 89 1.8 6.9 89 4 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.2 7.96 7 700 3131 3.6 2.6 93 1.1 3.1 104 4 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.6 6.59 8 650 3730 0.0 -1.1 92 1.2 -0.6 100 4 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.8 5.43 9 600 4367 -3.6 -4.9 91 1.3 -4.2 90 6 312.0 312.8 290.6 325.9 4.44 10 550 5050 -7.5 -8.2 94 0.7 -7.8 116 8 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.2 3.74 11 500 5786 -12.3 -17.0 68 4.7 -13.8 117 8 318.1 318.4 290.2 324.8 2.02 12 450 6583 -17.0 -38.6 13 21.6 -20.5 129 7 321.9 321.9 289.6 323.0 0.30 13 400 7455 -22.9 -59.9 2 37.0 -25.9 164 6 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.03 14 350 8420 -29.8 -46.1 19 16.3 -31.4 174 11 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 15 300 9500 -37.9 -41.7 68 3.8 -38.3 157 17 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.33 16 250 10728 -48.0 -52.0 63 4.0 -48.1 152 26 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 17 200 12172 -53.3 -68.6 14 15.3 -53.6 154 29 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14036 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 191 16 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16651 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 184 8 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.56 m Freezing level: 649.64 mb = 3734.23 m = 12251.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.79 mb = 3633.46 m = 11920.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.84 C = 74.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.08 mb = 1496.19 m = 4908.70 ft T: 14.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.39 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.86 mb = 2187.57 m = 7176.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.72 mb = 1822.92 m = 5980.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.72 mb = 2514.10 m = 8248.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.72 mb = 9164.37 m = 30066.47 ft B at Equ Level: 408.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.72 mb = 12021.30 m = 39439.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.2 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 132.2 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 67.69 Bulk Shear: 6.05 m/s