MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1 950 541 SFC 908 928 12.0 11.1 94 0.9 11.4 215 3 293.1 294.8 288.5 319.4 9.17 3 900 1002 14.8 10.4 75 4.4 12.1 228 7 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.3 8.82 4 850 1485 13.6 6.9 64 6.8 9.7 216 3 300.4 301.8 289.4 322.1 7.33 5 800 1994 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 7.1 343 2 302.5 303.7 289.3 321.9 6.46 6 750 2528 6.8 2.7 75 4.1 4.6 317 4 304.0 305.1 289.6 322.7 6.21 7 700 3091 2.5 -0.0 84 2.5 1.2 306 4 305.2 306.3 289.3 321.9 5.47 8 650 3686 -1.0 -2.6 89 1.6 -1.8 249 4 307.8 308.7 289.6 322.8 4.85 9 600 4321 -4.2 -6.7 83 2.5 -5.3 228 7 311.2 311.9 289.8 323.4 3.85 10 550 5002 -7.9 -11.8 73 3.9 -9.4 231 6 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.9 2.82 11 500 5737 -12.6 -18.2 63 5.6 -14.3 261 6 317.7 318.0 289.9 323.8 1.82 12 450 6532 -18.5 -24.4 60 5.9 -19.9 259 10 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.18 13 400 7399 -24.7 -27.9 74 3.3 -25.4 204 25 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.3 0.96 14 350 8355 -32.6 -37.1 64 4.5 -33.1 196 34 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.45 15 300 9421 -41.9 -46.5 61 4.6 -42.2 214 41 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 16 250 10626 -52.0 -57.2 53 5.3 -52.1 203 65 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.07 17 200 12056 -51.3 -74.7 4 23.5 -51.7 207 36 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13930 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 215 25 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16574 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 183 15 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.59 m Freezing level: 664.51 mb = 3512.89 m = 11525.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.06 mb = 3322.66 m = 10900.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.31 C = 72.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.51 mb = 1044.15 m = 3425.64 ft T: 14.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.82 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.23 mb = 2723.55 m = 8935.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.35 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 2.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8595.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.14 mb = 2148.79 m = 7049.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -8.3 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.79 Bulk Shear: 0.87 m/s