MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 89 1 950 529 SFC 906 928 12.7 12.4 98 0.3 12.6 271 7 294.0 295.8 289.6 322.8 10.05 3 900 986 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 276 10 294.5 296.3 289.7 323.0 9.95 4 850 1468 12.6 10.9 89 1.7 11.5 295 16 299.3 301.1 291.0 327.6 9.66 5 800 1975 9.7 7.5 86 2.2 8.4 291 18 301.5 303.0 290.5 325.7 8.16 6 750 2509 6.4 3.8 83 2.6 5.0 292 18 303.6 304.8 289.9 323.8 6.72 7 700 3071 3.0 0.5 84 2.5 1.7 292 17 305.8 306.9 289.7 323.1 5.67 8 650 3669 -0.0 -1.0 93 0.9 -0.5 288 16 308.9 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.49 9 600 4305 -3.8 -4.7 93 0.9 -4.2 276 14 311.8 312.6 290.6 326.0 4.51 10 550 4988 -7.5 -8.5 92 1.0 -7.9 261 12 315.2 315.9 290.8 326.9 3.65 11 500 5724 -12.3 -13.7 89 1.4 -12.8 249 11 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.66 12 450 6521 -17.4 -19.1 86 1.7 -17.9 216 8 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.7 1.87 13 400 7392 -23.6 -26.3 79 2.6 -24.2 161 9 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.12 14 350 8353 -31.2 -38.0 51 6.8 -32.0 134 13 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.41 15 300 9423 -40.8 -46.9 52 6.1 -41.2 110 14 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 16 250 10635 -51.1 -59.1 38 7.9 -51.4 111 14 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.05 17 200 12072 -50.3 -72.9 5 22.6 -50.8 162 23 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13969 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 190 25 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16602 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 189 15 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.82 m Freezing level: 650.51 mb = 3662.50 m = 12015.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.40 mb = 3528.50 m = 11576.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.63 % Est. max temperature: 21.72 C = 71.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.31 mb = 964.45 m = 3164.15 ft T: 12.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.56 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 1989.27 m = 6526.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: 0.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7460.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.00 mb = 1597.09 m = 5239.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -7.4 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.50 Bulk Shear: 0.80 m/s