MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 108 1 950 552 SFC 910 928 19.3 16.3 83 3.0 17.3 294 6 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.5 12.94 3 900 1020 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 15.9 295 7 300.4 302.6 293.0 334.9 11.73 4 850 1507 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 302 7 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.7 10.92 5 800 2015 10.5 8.6 88 1.8 9.4 342 3 302.3 304.0 291.3 328.6 8.83 6 750 2551 7.4 5.7 89 1.7 6.5 100 4 304.6 306.1 291.1 327.8 7.69 7 700 3116 3.9 2.6 92 1.2 3.2 106 9 306.8 308.0 290.9 327.0 6.63 8 650 3715 0.0 -0.8 95 0.8 -0.4 114 9 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.2 5.58 9 600 4352 -3.5 -4.4 94 0.8 -3.9 115 9 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.61 10 550 5036 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.6 -6.8 128 12 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.3 4.06 11 500 5776 -10.9 -11.8 93 0.9 -11.2 158 10 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.10 12 450 6577 -16.1 -18.6 81 2.4 -16.9 173 10 323.0 323.3 291.6 329.6 1.96 13 400 7453 -22.4 -25.8 74 3.3 -23.2 163 6 325.9 326.1 291.7 330.0 1.17 14 350 8418 -29.9 -33.3 72 3.4 -30.4 228 1 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.9 0.66 15 300 9496 -39.1 -42.5 70 3.4 -39.4 165 3 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 16 250 10716 -50.1 -53.9 64 3.8 -50.2 156 19 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12151 -52.3 -70.3 10 18.0 -52.7 171 24 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14028 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 197 20 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.01 19 100 16651 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 201 12 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.20 m Freezing level: 649.82 mb = 3717.01 m = 12194.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.46 mb = 3647.12 m = 11965.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.70 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.24 mb = 1306.08 m = 4284.99 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.23 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1749.21 m = 5738.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.22 C = 68.40 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.88 mb = 1677.34 m = 5503.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.88 mb = 1933.13 m = 6342.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.88 mb = 10770.22 m = 35334.94 ft B at Equ Level: 350.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.88 mb = 12220.68 m = 40093.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 164.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 11.66 Bulk Shear: 30.41 m/s