MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 84 1 950 526 SFC 907 928 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 291 8 299.9 302.0 292.8 334.1 11.69 3 900 991 17.2 13.4 78 3.9 14.8 291 9 299.3 301.2 291.9 330.8 10.79 4 850 1475 12.7 10.7 88 2.0 11.4 296 14 299.4 301.1 291.0 327.4 9.55 5 800 1982 9.7 7.0 83 2.7 8.1 294 18 301.5 302.9 290.2 324.8 7.86 6 750 2516 6.7 3.8 82 2.9 5.1 290 21 303.9 305.1 290.0 324.1 6.70 7 700 3079 3.5 0.1 79 3.4 1.7 286 21 306.3 307.4 289.8 323.2 5.52 8 650 3677 -0.4 -3.6 79 3.2 -1.9 280 23 308.5 309.4 289.5 322.5 4.51 9 600 4313 -3.6 -5.6 86 2.0 -4.5 270 22 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.3 4.21 10 550 4996 -7.8 -11.3 76 3.5 -9.2 261 22 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.93 11 500 5730 -12.9 -21.3 50 8.3 -15.3 255 21 317.3 317.5 289.3 322.0 1.40 12 450 6523 -19.0 -26.3 52 7.4 -20.6 254 19 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.8 0.99 13 400 7389 -25.1 -28.3 75 3.2 -25.7 270 14 322.4 322.5 290.5 325.6 0.93 14 350 8342 -33.7 -35.8 81 2.1 -33.9 258 12 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.52 15 300 9404 -42.2 -48.4 51 6.2 -42.5 203 7 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.16 16 250 10609 -52.1 -57.9 50 5.7 -52.3 139 8 328.5 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 17 200 12053 -48.7 -75.0 3 26.3 -49.3 194 21 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13957 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.6 193 25 389.5 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 19 100 16594 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 185 17 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.77 m Freezing level: 655.11 mb = 3615.62 m = 11862.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.34 mb = 3356.48 m = 11011.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.66 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.93 mb = 1396.72 m = 4582.34 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1927.25 m = 6322.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.78 C = 67.60 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.46 mb = 1750.71 m = 5743.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.46 mb = 2878.10 m = 9442.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.46 mb = 10162.98 m = 33342.70 ft B at Equ Level: 222.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.46 mb = 11511.63 m = 37767.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -9.8 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.54 Bulk Shear: 13.56 m/s