MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 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 83 1 950 524 SFC 907 928 21.9 14.6 63 7.3 17.0 321 5 303.4 305.6 293.8 337.8 11.58 3 900 993 19.8 13.7 68 6.0 15.8 320 5 301.9 303.9 292.9 334.4 11.02 4 850 1482 14.6 12.3 86 2.3 13.1 320 7 301.5 303.4 292.5 332.9 10.66 5 800 1992 12.0 4.4 59 7.7 7.7 320 12 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.7 6.55 6 750 2529 8.4 0.5 58 7.9 4.3 311 13 305.7 306.7 289.3 321.9 5.31 7 700 3095 4.0 0.2 76 3.8 2.0 310 17 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.9 5.55 8 650 3693 -0.6 -4.1 77 3.4 -2.2 295 16 308.3 309.1 289.3 321.8 4.36 9 600 4327 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.1 266 16 310.2 310.9 289.3 321.8 3.66 10 550 5006 -8.7 -17.4 49 8.7 -11.5 254 15 313.8 314.2 288.6 319.7 1.78 11 500 5739 -13.2 -23.0 44 9.8 -15.9 246 14 316.9 317.1 289.0 321.0 1.20 12 450 6531 -19.3 -21.8 80 2.6 -20.0 222 13 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.0 1.48 13 400 7395 -25.7 -28.9 74 3.2 -26.3 196 11 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.7 0.88 14 350 8348 -33.0 -39.4 53 6.3 -33.7 192 17 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.5 0.36 15 300 9412 -41.7 -47.5 53 5.8 -42.1 189 23 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.18 16 250 10621 -51.3 -58.2 43 6.9 -51.5 178 28 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 17 200 12065 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.2 182 30 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 18 150 13970 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 188 24 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16601 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 177 13 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.59 m Freezing level: 656.67 mb = 3613.03 m = 11853.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.15 mb = 3374.62 m = 11071.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.04 mb = 1845.83 m = 6055.78 ft T: 12.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2314.41 m = 7593.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 36.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.93 mb = 1972.05 m = 6469.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.93 mb = 2785.62 m = 9139.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.93 mb = 10701.37 m = 35109.05 ft B at Equ Level: 813.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.93 mb = 12512.65 m = 41051.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -20.1 tot: -20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 59.25 Bulk Shear: 13.79 m/s