MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 80 1 950 525 SFC 907 928 21.1 13.7 62 7.4 16.3 319 11 302.6 304.7 293.0 335.0 10.93 3 900 992 18.8 12.7 68 6.1 14.9 319 11 300.9 302.8 292.0 331.2 10.31 4 850 1479 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 313 13 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.4 9.81 5 800 1987 10.2 6.6 78 3.6 8.1 299 18 302.0 303.4 290.2 324.8 7.65 6 750 2521 6.9 2.7 75 4.2 4.6 291 22 304.0 305.2 289.6 322.8 6.20 7 700 3084 3.4 -1.5 70 4.9 1.0 282 24 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.3 4.89 8 650 3682 0.4 -4.9 68 5.3 -2.1 268 24 309.4 310.2 289.4 322.2 4.08 9 600 4320 -3.6 -12.7 49 9.1 -7.1 262 24 311.9 312.4 288.6 319.7 2.40 10 550 5001 -8.0 -17.2 48 9.2 -11.1 256 23 314.6 314.9 288.9 320.5 1.80 11 500 5735 -13.0 -20.7 53 7.7 -15.2 247 21 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.2 1.48 12 450 6528 -18.5 -28.4 41 9.9 -20.7 235 20 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.8 0.81 13 400 7394 -25.1 -40.7 22 15.6 -27.1 218 18 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.4 0.27 14 350 8348 -33.1 -42.1 40 9.0 -34.0 198 8 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.27 15 300 9410 -42.4 -49.2 47 6.8 -42.8 156 5 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.14 16 250 10614 -51.5 -58.8 41 7.3 -51.7 176 12 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 12059 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.3 209 25 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.00 18 150 13957 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.9 198 23 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.01 19 100 16595 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 184 20 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.30 m Freezing level: 645.31 mb = 3742.21 m = 12277.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.29 mb = 3267.54 m = 10720.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.22 C = 71.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.32 mb = 1858.74 m = 6098.16 ft T: 11.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2076.17 m = 6811.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.87 C = 69.56 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.10 mb = 1912.79 m = 6275.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.10 mb = 2497.76 m = 8194.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.10 mb = 10558.70 m = 34640.98 ft B at Equ Level: 348.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.10 mb = 11678.78 m = 38315.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -31.6 tot: -31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.07 Bulk Shear: 32.24 m/s