MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 68 1 950 513 SFC 906 928 24.6 12.8 48 11.7 16.8 1 3 306.3 308.2 293.7 337.4 10.34 3 900 987 22.6 11.7 50 10.9 15.5 359 3 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.6 9.62 4 850 1480 17.5 10.4 63 7.1 13.0 353 3 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.4 9.35 5 800 1993 12.4 9.3 81 3.1 10.5 347 3 304.4 306.1 292.3 332.0 9.24 6 750 2531 8.3 2.2 65 6.1 5.0 306 8 305.6 306.7 289.9 323.9 6.00 7 700 3097 4.1 -1.4 67 5.5 1.4 298 12 307.1 308.0 289.5 322.3 4.95 8 650 3695 -0.5 -5.2 70 4.7 -2.6 276 14 308.4 309.2 289.0 320.9 4.00 9 600 4329 -5.0 -8.9 74 4.0 -6.6 267 18 310.3 311.0 288.9 320.6 3.24 10 550 5008 -8.7 -12.3 76 3.5 -10.1 261 14 313.7 314.3 289.5 322.5 2.71 11 500 5741 -13.3 -23.6 42 10.3 -16.0 233 14 316.9 317.1 289.0 320.8 1.14 12 450 6533 -19.3 -28.9 43 9.6 -21.3 221 16 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.7 0.78 13 400 7396 -26.2 -30.5 67 4.3 -26.9 215 19 320.9 321.1 289.9 323.6 0.76 14 350 8345 -34.0 -40.2 54 6.1 -34.7 203 22 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.33 15 300 9406 -42.5 -53.8 28 11.3 -43.0 207 26 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.08 16 250 10612 -50.5 -60.6 29 10.1 -50.7 215 32 331.0 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.04 17 200 12064 -49.4 -75.6 3 26.2 -50.0 199 27 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13968 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 185 25 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16607 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 177 16 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.73 m Freezing level: 655.24 mb = 3631.88 m = 11915.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.84 mb = 3297.00 m = 10816.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.81 C = 74.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.41 mb = 2394.23 m = 7854.97 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2472.54 m = 8111.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1069.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.89 mb = 2367.18 m = 7766.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.89 mb = 2642.23 m = 8668.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.89 mb = 10880.94 m = 35698.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1046.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.89 mb = 12765.09 m = 41879.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -12.3 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.55 Bulk Shear: 20.36 m/s