MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 103 1 950 543 SFC 908 928 12.8 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 235 4 293.9 295.6 289.0 320.9 9.42 3 900 1004 15.0 11.3 79 3.7 12.7 268 7 297.0 298.7 290.0 324.3 9.41 4 850 1488 14.1 6.4 60 7.7 9.7 275 3 301.0 302.3 289.4 322.1 7.12 5 800 1998 11.4 3.5 59 7.8 7.1 311 7 303.3 304.4 289.3 321.9 6.18 6 750 2533 7.4 1.8 68 5.6 4.4 280 9 304.6 305.7 289.5 322.3 5.82 7 700 3097 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.6 258 9 305.6 306.7 289.6 322.9 5.67 8 650 3692 -1.3 -1.9 96 0.6 -1.6 239 9 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.3 5.13 9 600 4327 -4.8 -5.8 92 1.0 -5.3 237 9 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.6 4.14 10 550 5007 -8.5 -10.2 87 1.8 -9.2 241 10 314.0 314.7 290.0 324.3 3.19 11 500 5740 -13.3 -16.1 79 2.8 -14.2 242 13 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.0 2.17 12 450 6534 -18.3 -24.5 58 6.2 -19.8 225 20 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.16 13 400 7401 -24.7 -31.0 56 6.3 -25.9 214 27 322.8 323.0 290.4 325.4 0.72 14 350 8356 -32.8 -36.7 68 3.9 -33.3 199 35 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.47 15 300 9420 -42.3 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.5 202 36 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 16 250 10623 -52.4 -56.3 63 3.9 -52.5 209 54 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 17 200 12057 -51.0 -72.6 6 21.6 -51.4 205 30 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13943 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 209 25 388.4 388.4 303.5 388.4 0.01 19 100 16592 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 182 14 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.47 m Freezing level: 665.62 mb = 3506.33 m = 11503.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.69 mb = 3392.79 m = 11131.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.65 % Est. max temperature: 22.98 C = 73.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.16 mb = 1087.90 m = 3569.17 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 2.40 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.59 mb = 2803.59 m = 9198.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9159.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.31 mb = 2204.50 m = 7232.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -10.7 tot: -10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 4.88 m/s