MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 108 1 950 545 SFC 908 928 11.3 10.9 97 0.4 11.0 204 4 292.4 294.0 288.2 318.2 9.04 3 900 1004 13.6 11.4 86 2.3 12.2 213 11 295.5 297.2 289.6 322.7 9.42 4 850 1486 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.8 169 5 299.6 301.2 290.4 325.5 8.80 5 800 1994 10.1 4.6 68 5.5 7.0 90 3 301.9 303.1 289.3 321.8 6.65 6 750 2527 6.5 2.4 75 4.2 4.3 37 3 303.7 304.8 289.3 322.0 6.05 7 700 3090 2.3 -0.1 84 2.5 1.1 18 4 305.1 306.1 289.2 321.6 5.42 8 650 3684 -1.3 -3.1 88 1.8 -2.1 339 4 307.5 308.4 289.4 322.1 4.70 9 600 4318 -4.4 -6.9 83 2.5 -5.5 277 5 311.0 311.7 289.6 323.0 3.79 10 550 4999 -8.1 -11.9 74 3.8 -9.5 253 4 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.5 2.79 11 500 5734 -12.6 -20.0 54 7.4 -14.8 245 3 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.9 1.56 12 450 6527 -19.0 -22.6 73 3.6 -19.9 266 7 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.1 1.39 13 400 7393 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.4 220 10 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.00 14 350 8349 -32.4 -35.4 74 3.0 -32.7 204 23 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.54 15 300 9415 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.4 -41.9 219 36 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.23 16 250 10627 -50.4 -54.1 65 3.6 -50.5 188 68 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.10 17 200 12052 -54.1 -71.1 11 17.0 -54.4 209 39 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13925 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 215 20 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 19 100 16568 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 188 17 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.77 m Freezing level: 667.65 mb = 3474.28 m = 11398.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3282.93 m = 10770.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.48 % Est. max temperature: 21.99 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.48 mb = 980.42 m = 3216.55 ft T: 12.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.68 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2373.62 m = 7787.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.21 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7765.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.62 mb = 1831.83 m = 6009.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -151.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -38.4 tot: -30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 6.79 m/s