MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1 950 548 SFC 908 928 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 75 7 295.1 297.1 290.7 326.5 10.91 3 900 1006 13.3 13.1 99 0.1 13.2 77 11 295.2 297.1 290.5 325.7 10.61 4 850 1488 13.5 9.5 76 4.0 11.1 105 8 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.2 8.78 5 800 1998 11.7 7.5 76 4.2 9.2 215 11 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.1 8.17 6 750 2534 6.9 5.2 89 1.7 5.9 223 15 304.0 305.4 290.6 326.3 7.41 7 700 3097 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 254 14 305.9 307.0 289.9 323.6 5.80 8 650 3694 -0.7 -3.4 81 2.8 -2.0 281 14 308.2 309.1 289.5 322.4 4.57 9 600 4330 -4.1 -7.6 77 3.5 -5.6 280 15 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.8 3.60 10 550 5011 -7.8 -12.4 70 4.6 -9.5 263 15 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.5 2.68 11 500 5746 -12.9 -17.9 66 5.0 -14.5 242 16 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.5 1.86 12 450 6539 -18.5 -25.3 55 6.9 -20.1 222 19 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.7 1.08 13 400 7406 -25.3 -32.4 51 7.1 -26.5 204 23 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.63 14 350 8360 -32.3 -39.2 50 6.9 -33.1 182 34 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 15 300 9427 -41.7 -47.5 54 5.8 -42.1 193 35 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.18 16 250 10634 -51.5 -59.6 37 8.1 -51.7 219 57 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 17 200 12067 -52.8 -73.7 6 20.9 -53.2 211 36 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13952 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 197 19 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16592 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 176 16 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.00 m Freezing level: 658.75 mb = 3589.43 m = 11776.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.50 mb = 3384.06 m = 11102.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.02 % Est. max temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.99 mb = 959.68 m = 3148.52 ft T: 13.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2319.28 m = 7609.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.15 mb = 1768.22 m = 5801.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.15 mb = 3246.38 m = 10650.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.15 mb = 4633.66 m = 15202.10 ft B at Equ Level: 44.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.15 mb = 9042.06 m = 29665.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -149.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 124.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 76.41 m/s