MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 96 1 950 543 SFC 908 928 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 329 9 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.8 11.18 3 900 1002 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 326 15 295.8 297.8 291.0 327.4 10.95 4 850 1485 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 313 15 299.9 301.6 291.2 328.1 9.61 5 800 1994 10.8 7.9 82 2.9 9.0 292 11 302.6 304.2 291.0 327.5 8.36 6 750 2529 7.3 4.9 84 2.4 5.9 265 10 304.5 305.9 290.7 326.4 7.26 7 700 3093 3.3 1.4 88 1.9 2.3 245 10 306.1 307.2 290.2 324.6 6.07 8 650 3690 -0.4 -1.1 95 0.6 -0.7 233 10 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.3 5.45 9 600 4327 -3.8 -4.8 93 0.9 -4.3 231 10 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.8 4.48 10 550 5009 -7.5 -9.0 89 1.5 -8.2 233 10 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.5 3.52 11 500 5746 -12.1 -14.2 85 2.0 -12.8 235 11 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.7 2.56 12 450 6543 -17.5 -20.1 80 2.6 -18.3 232 11 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.0 1.72 13 400 7413 -23.9 -27.1 75 3.2 -24.5 223 11 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.04 14 350 8372 -31.6 -35.1 71 3.5 -32.1 202 10 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.55 15 300 9441 -41.2 -45.3 65 4.1 -41.5 184 14 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 16 250 10650 -52.4 -56.4 62 4.0 -52.5 200 33 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 17 200 12072 -53.5 -70.9 10 17.5 -53.8 210 38 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13962 -46.9 -77.3 2 30.4 -47.8 198 17 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.01 19 100 16605 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 186 15 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.55 m Freezing level: 655.85 mb = 3620.22 m = 11877.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.18 mb = 3540.61 m = 11616.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.99 % Est. max temperature: 22.79 C = 73.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.59 mb = 968.66 m = 3177.98 ft T: 14.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.51 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2116.23 m = 6942.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.98 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.35 mb = 1641.19 m = 5384.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.35 mb = 2984.93 m = 9792.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.35 mb = 5160.47 m = 16930.47 ft B at Equ Level: 57.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.35 mb = 8793.97 m = 28851.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -28.6 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 27.42 m/s