MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 104 1 950 545 SFC 908 928 14.4 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 284 6 295.5 297.5 291.0 327.4 11.06 3 900 1005 14.4 13.6 95 0.8 13.9 292 12 296.4 298.3 291.2 328.0 10.95 4 850 1488 12.9 10.8 87 2.0 11.6 319 5 299.6 301.4 291.1 327.9 9.64 5 800 1996 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 310 1 301.8 303.4 291.2 328.1 8.88 6 750 2530 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.3 254 1 304.0 305.4 291.0 327.6 7.87 7 700 3094 3.5 2.9 96 0.6 3.1 217 2 306.3 307.6 290.8 326.8 6.74 8 650 3692 -0.1 -0.5 97 0.4 -0.3 153 3 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.5 5.70 9 600 4330 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 137 5 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.94 10 550 5015 -6.6 -8.3 88 1.7 -7.4 158 3 316.2 317.0 291.2 328.2 3.72 11 500 5754 -11.5 -14.3 79 2.9 -12.5 142 6 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.52 12 450 6554 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.2 -16.9 156 11 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.98 13 400 7428 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.2 154 14 325.5 325.8 291.7 329.9 1.25 14 350 8393 -30.1 -32.9 76 2.8 -30.5 143 16 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.69 15 300 9469 -39.9 -43.0 72 3.2 -40.1 126 18 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.28 16 250 10683 -51.5 -54.9 67 3.4 -51.6 118 25 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.09 17 200 12116 -51.7 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.1 168 27 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14005 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -49.1 212 22 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 193 11 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.22 m Freezing level: 650.89 mb = 3681.82 m = 12079.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.02 mb = 3642.73 m = 11951.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.29 % Est. max temperature: 22.19 C = 71.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.24 mb = 984.28 m = 3229.24 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.65 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1898.39 m = 6228.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.05 C = 68.10 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 34.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.33 mb = 1604.06 m = 5262.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.33 mb = 2940.07 m = 9645.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 613.33 mb = 4154.83 m = 13631.18 ft B at Equ Level: 31.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.33 mb = 5702.19 m = 18707.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.1 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 195.1 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 21.30 m/s