MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 86 1 950 523 SFC 906 928 16.7 14.4 86 2.3 15.2 285 7 298.1 300.2 292.1 331.4 11.43 3 900 985 15.8 13.4 86 2.4 14.3 289 9 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.1 10.80 4 850 1469 12.6 9.9 84 2.7 11.0 308 19 299.4 301.0 290.6 326.0 9.06 5 800 1976 9.8 6.8 81 3.1 8.0 303 21 301.6 303.1 290.2 324.7 7.77 6 750 2510 6.9 3.9 81 3.0 5.2 299 24 304.1 305.3 290.1 324.4 6.75 7 700 3074 3.5 0.8 82 2.7 2.1 294 26 306.4 307.5 290.0 324.1 5.79 8 650 3671 -0.2 -1.7 89 1.6 -1.0 290 26 308.8 309.7 290.2 324.8 5.19 9 600 4308 -3.7 -5.3 89 1.6 -4.5 287 26 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.3 4.29 10 550 4990 -8.3 -10.1 87 1.8 -9.1 288 24 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.23 11 500 5723 -13.2 -14.9 87 1.7 -13.7 285 21 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.9 2.41 12 450 6517 -18.5 -20.3 86 1.8 -19.0 278 15 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.7 1.69 13 400 7384 -24.9 -27.1 82 2.1 -25.4 224 11 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.3 1.04 14 350 8339 -32.5 -38.3 56 5.8 -33.1 177 8 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.40 15 300 9407 -41.3 -55.6 20 14.3 -41.9 133 10 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.07 16 250 10618 -51.4 -60.7 32 9.3 -51.6 114 13 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.04 17 200 12057 -48.8 -76.7 2 27.9 -49.3 180 18 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13959 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 190 26 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16593 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 185 16 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.93 m Freezing level: 652.37 mb = 3642.99 m = 11951.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.02 mb = 3474.94 m = 11400.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1219.57 m = 4001.18 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2077.40 m = 6815.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.56 C = 69.00 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.12 mb = 1747.71 m = 5733.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.12 mb = 4478.32 m = 14692.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.12 mb = 7075.68 m = 23213.88 ft B at Equ Level: 36.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.12 mb = 9244.54 m = 30329.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 11.46 m/s