MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 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 71 1 950 517 SFC 906 928 23.8 13.6 53 10.1 17.1 103 3 305.4 307.4 293.9 338.1 10.90 3 900 990 22.5 12.7 54 9.8 16.1 106 3 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.5 10.29 4 850 1483 17.6 11.4 67 6.2 13.6 118 3 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.5 10.02 5 800 1997 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 133 2 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.3 9.97 6 750 2535 8.5 3.6 71 4.9 5.7 314 7 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.8 6.60 7 700 3101 5.0 -7.8 39 12.8 -0.6 313 14 308.0 308.6 287.9 317.6 3.03 8 650 3701 0.9 -15.6 28 16.6 -5.0 310 16 310.0 310.4 287.3 315.7 1.74 9 600 4338 -3.5 -17.7 32 14.2 -8.2 303 16 312.0 312.3 287.8 317.3 1.59 10 550 5019 -8.4 -20.9 36 12.5 -12.1 290 17 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.6 1.31 11 500 5752 -13.2 -29.1 25 15.9 -16.7 275 17 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.4 0.69 12 450 6545 -18.5 -32.1 29 13.7 -21.1 264 14 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.57 13 400 7412 -24.6 -42.9 17 18.4 -26.8 258 15 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.22 14 350 8369 -31.5 -49.3 16 17.8 -33.0 246 16 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.12 15 300 9442 -39.7 -50.7 30 11.0 -40.4 199 32 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.12 16 250 10659 -50.5 -55.4 56 4.9 -50.6 181 40 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12092 -52.3 -75.4 5 23.1 -52.7 209 19 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13957 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 235 23 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16588 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 201 13 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.63 m Freezing level: 639.50 mb = 3834.85 m = 12581.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.94 mb = 3043.80 m = 9986.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.94 mb = 2198.12 m = 7211.59 ft T: 11.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.36 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.24 mb = 2323.95 m = 7624.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.57 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 972.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.64 mb = 2244.14 m = 7362.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.64 mb = 2406.71 m = 7895.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.64 mb = 11149.11 m = 36578.00 ft B at Equ Level: 948.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.64 mb = 13083.58 m = 42924.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -18.5 tot: -8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 31.01 Bulk Shear: 31.37 m/s