MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 106 1 950 549 SFC 909 928 16.1 15.7 97 0.4 15.8 297 7 297.3 299.5 292.6 333.2 12.41 3 900 1012 15.7 15.3 98 0.4 15.5 299 11 297.7 299.9 292.6 333.2 12.26 4 850 1496 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 334 8 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.8 9.91 5 800 2004 10.3 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 17 3 302.1 303.7 291.2 328.1 8.74 6 750 2539 7.1 6.0 93 1.1 6.5 116 3 304.2 305.7 291.1 327.8 7.84 7 700 3103 3.6 3.1 96 0.5 3.3 136 6 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.2 6.83 8 650 3702 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 140 8 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.73 9 600 4339 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.6 -3.5 138 8 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.6 4.83 10 550 5025 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.6 153 9 316.7 317.5 291.7 329.9 4.11 11 500 5764 -11.0 -14.1 78 3.1 -12.1 163 8 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.1 2.56 12 450 6564 -16.9 -22.0 64 5.1 -18.3 150 8 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.46 13 400 7438 -22.5 -25.1 79 2.6 -23.1 133 9 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.2 1.25 14 350 8404 -29.7 -32.5 76 2.8 -30.1 141 9 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.71 15 300 9482 -39.3 -42.5 72 3.2 -39.6 145 15 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 16 250 10699 -50.8 -54.4 66 3.6 -51.0 147 23 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 12135 -51.1 -73.8 5 22.7 -51.5 169 26 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14021 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 202 22 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16643 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 207 11 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.96 m Freezing level: 650.21 mb = 3699.10 m = 12136.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.05 mb = 3663.79 m = 12020.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.52 C = 72.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.15 mb = 981.99 m = 3221.73 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1745.91 m = 5727.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.63 C = 67.34 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.45 mb = 1570.56 m = 5152.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.45 mb = 2456.80 m = 8060.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.45 mb = 4918.84 m = 16137.72 ft B at Equ Level: 78.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.45 mb = 9310.76 m = 30546.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 176.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.29 Bulk Shear: 36.41 m/s