MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 88 1 950 528 SFC 907 928 15.5 13.0 85 2.4 13.9 126 6 296.8 298.7 290.9 327.0 10.45 3 900 995 18.4 13.1 71 5.3 15.0 135 15 300.4 302.4 292.1 331.5 10.56 4 850 1486 17.5 11.6 69 5.8 13.7 182 8 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.8 10.15 5 800 2001 13.4 8.5 72 4.9 10.4 250 9 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.6 8.71 6 750 2540 9.4 2.2 61 7.2 5.5 280 11 306.7 307.9 290.3 325.0 5.98 7 700 3108 4.8 0.1 72 4.7 2.4 297 11 307.8 308.8 290.2 324.8 5.52 8 650 3708 0.4 -3.4 76 3.8 -1.4 304 13 309.4 310.3 289.9 323.7 4.59 9 600 4344 -4.1 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.1 299 13 311.3 312.1 289.9 323.8 3.94 10 550 5025 -8.6 -11.8 78 3.1 -9.8 286 13 313.9 314.4 289.7 323.0 2.82 11 500 5756 -13.9 -17.9 72 4.0 -15.1 272 13 316.1 316.5 289.5 322.4 1.87 12 450 6549 -18.6 -28.3 42 9.6 -20.7 253 13 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.83 13 400 7416 -24.8 -30.6 59 5.8 -25.8 247 14 322.8 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.75 14 350 8373 -31.9 -45.4 25 13.5 -33.2 253 13 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.19 15 300 9444 -40.0 -55.2 18 15.2 -40.7 275 20 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10663 -49.0 -56.9 39 7.9 -49.3 287 23 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12102 -54.6 -66.0 23 11.4 -54.8 265 20 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 13958 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 224 15 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16583 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.4 212 14 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.48 m Freezing level: 645.65 mb = 3762.90 m = 12345.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.73 mb = 3477.70 m = 11409.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.83 mb = 1238.60 m = 4063.60 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.04 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2514.34 m = 8249.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.15 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.63 mb = 2109.91 m = 6922.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.63 mb = 2937.78 m = 9638.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.63 mb = 10540.08 m = 34579.91 ft B at Equ Level: 757.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.63 mb = 12976.93 m = 42574.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 57.23 m/s