MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 112 1 950 557 SFC 910 928 20.4 16.1 77 4.2 17.5 347 3 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.1 12.76 3 900 1026 19.1 14.4 74 4.8 16.0 341 3 301.2 303.3 293.1 335.1 11.51 4 850 1514 14.3 12.8 91 1.5 13.4 339 3 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.6 11.02 5 800 2023 11.1 8.0 81 3.1 9.3 68 3 303.0 304.6 291.2 328.3 8.47 6 750 2560 7.7 5.5 86 2.3 6.4 80 7 305.0 306.4 291.1 327.8 7.56 7 700 3125 4.0 2.3 89 1.7 3.1 95 8 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.6 6.45 8 650 3724 0.2 -1.4 89 1.6 -0.6 96 6 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.7 5.32 9 600 4362 -3.4 -4.9 89 1.5 -4.1 106 10 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.43 10 550 5046 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.7 124 10 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.6 3.71 11 500 5784 -11.2 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.8 137 9 319.4 319.9 291.4 329.0 2.91 12 450 6585 -16.3 -18.7 82 2.4 -17.0 163 7 322.8 323.1 291.5 329.4 1.95 13 400 7459 -23.0 -27.2 68 4.2 -23.9 200 4 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.7 1.02 14 350 8422 -30.3 -33.3 75 3.0 -30.8 220 6 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.2 0.66 15 300 9499 -38.6 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 173 13 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.32 16 250 10724 -49.2 -52.8 66 3.6 -49.3 153 26 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12164 -52.1 -69.8 10 17.8 -52.4 162 31 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14037 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 191 19 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16657 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 188 13 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.94 m Freezing level: 646.87 mb = 3763.98 m = 12348.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.79 mb = 3627.80 m = 11902.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.10 mb = 1462.51 m = 4798.20 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.39 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1909.15 m = 6263.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.42 C = 70.55 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.99 mb = 1774.83 m = 5822.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.99 mb = 2244.46 m = 7363.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.99 mb = 10486.31 m = 34403.49 ft B at Equ Level: 441.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.99 mb = 12196.77 m = 40015.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.2 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 144.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 39.30 Bulk Shear: 11.23 m/s