MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 76 1 950 520 SFC 907 928 19.9 14.2 69 5.8 16.1 94 5 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.7 11.27 3 900 992 21.7 12.9 57 8.8 16.0 102 9 303.8 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.41 4 850 1484 17.5 11.5 68 6.0 13.7 146 4 304.5 306.3 293.0 334.6 10.09 5 800 1999 12.8 10.2 84 2.6 11.2 224 7 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.2 9.82 6 750 2537 8.3 5.7 84 2.6 6.8 264 8 305.6 307.0 291.4 328.8 7.70 7 700 3104 4.7 -3.9 54 8.6 0.6 311 12 307.7 308.5 288.9 320.5 4.10 8 650 3703 0.4 -5.3 65 5.7 -2.3 308 15 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.8 3.95 9 600 4339 -4.1 -9.5 66 5.3 -6.3 300 16 311.3 311.9 289.1 321.3 3.11 10 550 5020 -8.6 -10.8 84 2.2 -9.5 291 17 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.7 3.05 11 500 5752 -13.5 -17.3 73 3.8 -14.7 283 17 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.2 1.97 12 450 6545 -18.6 -35.0 22 16.5 -21.4 268 15 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.43 13 400 7412 -24.5 -36.7 32 12.1 -26.3 256 14 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.41 14 350 8370 -31.6 -42.6 33 11.0 -32.7 249 11 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.26 15 300 9439 -41.0 -51.8 30 10.8 -41.5 232 16 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.11 16 250 10654 -49.4 -62.7 20 13.2 -49.8 221 20 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 17 200 12095 -52.7 -72.3 8 19.5 -53.1 236 20 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13959 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 243 17 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16591 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.2 204 12 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.56 m Freezing level: 645.83 mb = 3755.84 m = 12322.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.45 mb = 3226.29 m = 10584.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.51 % Est. max temperature: 23.88 C = 74.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.23 mb = 1663.64 m = 5458.07 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2316.51 m = 7600.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1023.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.27 mb = 2196.52 m = 7206.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.27 mb = 2467.85 m = 8096.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.27 mb = 11018.77 m = 36150.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.27 mb = 13291.46 m = 43606.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 19.65 Bulk Shear: 52.08 m/s