MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 85 1 950 530 SFC 907 928 20.2 12.9 63 7.3 15.5 336 9 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.3 10.36 3 900 997 18.8 12.1 65 6.7 14.5 336 9 300.8 302.7 291.7 330.0 9.90 4 850 1484 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 334 10 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.5 9.80 5 800 1992 10.3 6.0 75 4.3 7.8 317 13 302.1 303.5 290.0 324.0 7.34 6 750 2526 7.5 1.9 67 5.6 4.5 296 19 304.7 305.8 289.5 322.5 5.86 7 700 3091 3.6 -1.3 70 4.9 1.1 289 22 306.5 307.4 289.3 321.8 4.96 8 650 3688 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 287 20 308.5 309.3 289.3 321.7 4.25 9 600 4324 -4.5 -5.9 90 1.4 -5.1 279 17 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.9 4.11 10 550 5004 -8.7 -10.7 85 2.0 -9.5 267 15 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.7 3.07 11 500 5737 -13.2 -15.2 85 2.0 -13.9 250 16 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.6 2.34 12 450 6531 -18.7 -20.9 82 2.3 -19.3 235 20 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.2 1.60 13 400 7397 -25.1 -29.6 66 4.5 -25.9 230 23 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.3 0.82 14 350 8351 -33.1 -42.0 40 9.0 -34.0 234 26 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.27 15 300 9414 -42.5 -50.9 39 8.4 -43.0 239 32 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.12 16 250 10617 -51.4 -59.8 36 8.4 -51.6 233 33 329.6 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.05 17 200 12061 -50.4 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.8 222 30 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13951 -47.3 -77.6 2 30.3 -48.1 197 20 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.01 19 100 16591 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 198 19 424.9 424.9 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.55 m Freezing level: 655.15 mb = 3626.42 m = 11897.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3285.03 m = 10777.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.10 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.97 mb = 1846.52 m = 6058.07 ft T: 11.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2221.31 m = 7287.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.20 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 337.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.43 mb = 1955.72 m = 6416.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.43 mb = 2992.95 m = 9819.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.43 mb = 10147.78 m = 33292.82 ft B at Equ Level: 336.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.43 mb = 11794.13 m = 38694.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -20.9 tot: -20.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.33 Bulk Shear: 27.36 m/s