MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 92 1 950 533 SFC 907 928 16.1 13.0 82 3.2 14.1 312 4 297.4 299.3 291.0 327.7 10.41 3 900 998 17.1 12.5 74 4.6 14.2 313 8 299.2 301.0 291.4 329.0 10.19 4 850 1483 13.4 9.4 77 4.0 11.0 314 7 300.2 301.8 290.6 325.9 8.74 5 800 1991 11.1 4.5 64 6.6 7.4 324 11 303.0 304.2 289.6 322.8 6.59 6 750 2527 7.9 1.1 62 6.9 4.3 305 13 305.2 306.2 289.3 322.0 5.51 7 700 3092 3.7 -0.8 73 4.5 1.4 290 12 306.6 307.6 289.5 322.5 5.17 8 650 3689 -0.7 -3.4 82 2.7 -1.9 286 11 308.2 309.1 289.5 322.5 4.59 9 600 4325 -4.4 -5.9 89 1.5 -5.1 277 11 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.9 4.09 10 550 5005 -8.6 -9.6 93 1.0 -9.0 263 15 313.9 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.36 11 500 5738 -13.5 -14.7 90 1.2 -13.9 245 19 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.7 2.45 12 450 6531 -18.8 -28.1 44 9.3 -20.8 227 25 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.6 0.84 13 400 7397 -24.9 -37.7 30 12.7 -26.7 217 27 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.0 0.37 14 350 8353 -32.7 -41.8 40 9.1 -33.6 216 30 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.28 15 300 9418 -41.7 -47.6 52 6.0 -42.1 221 40 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.17 16 250 10625 -51.8 -56.9 55 5.0 -52.0 214 50 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 17 200 12059 -51.5 -72.8 6 21.4 -51.8 211 30 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13945 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.9 197 22 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.01 19 100 16591 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 199 14 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.68 m Freezing level: 657.48 mb = 3599.92 m = 11810.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.65 mb = 3341.64 m = 10963.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.67 mb = 1327.76 m = 4356.11 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2580.65 m = 8466.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.76 mb = 1993.80 m = 6541.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.76 mb = 3630.44 m = 11910.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.76 mb = 6783.97 m = 22256.84 ft B at Equ Level: 50.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.76 mb = 9309.00 m = 30540.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -14.2 tot: -13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 15.28 m/s