MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 96 1 950 537 SFC 907 928 12.0 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 277 5 293.2 294.9 288.9 320.7 9.60 3 900 995 12.7 12.2 97 0.5 12.4 285 10 294.6 296.4 289.8 323.2 9.96 4 850 1477 12.9 10.8 87 2.2 11.6 289 8 299.7 301.5 291.1 327.8 9.59 5 800 1984 10.1 7.8 85 2.3 8.8 283 10 302.0 303.5 290.7 326.7 8.32 6 750 2519 6.8 4.6 86 2.2 5.6 284 11 304.0 305.3 290.4 325.4 7.12 7 700 3083 3.5 1.3 86 2.2 2.4 273 9 306.3 307.5 290.2 324.7 6.03 8 650 3680 -0.2 -1.2 93 1.0 -0.7 236 7 308.8 309.8 290.4 325.5 5.41 9 600 4318 -3.0 -3.7 95 0.7 -3.4 197 6 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.85 10 550 5002 -7.1 -8.1 93 1.0 -7.5 159 5 315.7 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.79 11 500 5740 -11.4 -15.1 74 3.7 -12.7 145 9 319.2 319.6 290.9 327.0 2.36 12 450 6540 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.5 160 10 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.80 13 400 7414 -23.0 -25.9 77 2.9 -23.7 165 10 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.16 14 350 8376 -31.0 -34.6 70 3.6 -31.4 138 12 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.1 0.58 15 300 9448 -40.4 -44.9 62 4.4 -40.8 126 15 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.23 16 250 10660 -51.1 -56.1 55 4.9 -51.3 131 19 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.08 17 200 12096 -50.8 -72.8 6 22.0 -51.2 166 24 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13988 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 196 22 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16615 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 183 14 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.59 m Freezing level: 652.18 mb = 3654.42 m = 11989.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.21 mb = 3542.47 m = 11622.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.84 % Est. max temperature: 22.21 C = 71.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.58 mb = 961.45 m = 3154.31 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2096.27 m = 6877.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.92 C = 69.66 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 32.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7758.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.46 mb = 1631.13 m = 5351.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -11.4 tot: -9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 10.84 m/s