MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 107 1 950 542 SFC 908 928 15.5 14.6 94 0.9 15.0 157 5 296.8 298.9 291.8 330.3 11.61 3 900 1003 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 162 6 296.4 298.5 291.4 328.8 11.22 4 850 1485 13.7 10.9 83 2.9 11.9 162 6 300.5 302.3 291.4 328.9 9.65 5 800 1994 10.6 9.3 91 1.3 9.8 144 6 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.8 9.20 6 750 2529 7.5 0.8 62 6.7 4.0 28 2 304.7 305.7 289.1 321.2 5.41 7 700 3093 3.2 -1.1 73 4.3 1.1 319 8 306.1 307.0 289.2 321.5 5.04 8 650 3689 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.4 -2.9 299 10 307.9 308.6 288.8 320.2 3.95 9 600 4323 -5.0 -13.0 53 8.0 -7.9 296 12 310.4 310.8 288.1 317.9 2.34 10 550 5002 -8.9 -18.9 44 10.0 -12.0 292 11 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.7 1.56 11 500 5734 -12.9 -25.1 35 12.2 -16.0 283 8 317.3 317.5 289.0 320.8 1.00 12 450 6529 -18.2 -32.3 28 14.1 -20.9 258 8 320.3 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.57 13 400 7396 -24.5 -44.9 13 20.4 -26.8 216 17 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.17 14 350 8355 -31.1 -47.7 18 16.6 -32.6 215 28 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.15 15 300 9428 -39.5 -44.6 58 5.2 -39.9 202 42 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.24 16 250 10648 -50.3 -54.5 61 4.2 -50.5 172 53 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 17 200 12067 -57.7 -63.8 46 6.1 -57.9 210 51 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13938 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 183 17 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16573 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 200 14 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.28 m Freezing level: 661.41 mb = 3553.28 m = 11657.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.62 mb = 3248.59 m = 10657.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.15 mb = 1039.14 m = 3409.22 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 1987.79 m = 6521.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.02 C = 69.83 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.77 mb = 1646.74 m = 5402.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.77 mb = 2877.03 m = 9438.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.77 mb = 8177.52 m = 26828.81 ft B at Equ Level: 276.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.77 mb = 11496.92 m = 37719.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -31.4 tot: -28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 19.18 m/s