MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 97 1 950 538 SFC 908 928 18.4 15.3 82 3.0 16.4 172 3 299.7 301.9 293.1 335.2 12.15 3 900 1002 16.5 14.5 88 2.0 15.2 173 4 298.5 300.6 292.4 332.4 11.64 4 850 1486 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.9 191 9 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.6 9.78 5 800 1995 11.2 8.0 81 3.2 9.3 209 5 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.2 8.44 6 750 2531 8.0 0.2 58 7.8 4.0 303 7 305.3 306.3 289.1 321.1 5.18 7 700 3096 3.7 -1.7 68 5.3 1.0 303 10 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.4 4.83 8 650 3694 -0.0 -9.2 50 9.2 -3.8 303 13 308.9 309.5 288.2 318.2 2.92 9 600 4329 -4.0 -17.2 35 13.2 -8.4 307 10 311.5 311.8 287.8 316.9 1.65 10 550 5010 -8.3 -21.2 35 12.9 -12.1 311 8 314.2 314.5 288.3 318.6 1.28 11 500 5743 -13.0 -26.5 31 13.5 -16.3 264 4 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.2 0.88 12 450 6536 -18.4 -31.9 30 13.4 -21.0 231 5 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.2 0.59 13 400 7403 -24.8 -43.8 15 19.0 -27.1 227 13 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.20 14 350 8362 -30.9 -47.9 17 17.0 -32.4 218 26 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.14 15 300 9436 -39.5 -45.6 52 6.1 -39.9 197 34 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 16 250 10655 -50.4 -54.7 61 4.3 -50.5 169 46 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.09 17 200 12079 -54.8 -69.5 15 14.7 -55.1 219 27 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13946 -50.2 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 201 24 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16585 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 186 14 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.01 m Freezing level: 650.34 mb = 3689.50 m = 12104.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.56 mb = 3217.22 m = 10555.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.28 % Est. max temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.90 mb = 1309.22 m = 4295.28 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.28 mb = 2117.68 m = 6947.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.14 C = 71.86 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.72 mb = 1698.64 m = 5572.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.72 mb = 2937.12 m = 9636.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.72 mb = 8487.88 m = 27847.04 ft B at Equ Level: 286.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.72 mb = 11655.59 m = 38239.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 21.84 Bulk Shear: 13.22 m/s