MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 91 1 950 530 SFC 907 927 12.5 11.7 95 0.7 12.0 153 4 293.7 295.4 289.1 321.1 9.58 3 900 993 15.7 13.5 87 2.2 14.3 166 14 297.7 299.7 291.5 329.2 10.85 4 850 1483 17.5 10.4 63 7.1 13.0 213 10 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.5 9.36 5 800 1998 13.6 7.0 64 6.6 9.7 247 7 305.7 307.1 291.6 329.5 7.89 6 750 2538 9.2 3.8 69 5.4 6.2 284 7 306.6 307.8 290.9 327.1 6.74 7 700 3105 4.4 0.5 76 3.9 2.4 285 7 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.8 5.67 8 650 3704 0.2 -3.4 77 3.6 -1.6 277 7 309.2 310.0 289.8 323.4 4.56 9 600 4340 -4.2 -7.5 78 3.3 -5.6 255 9 311.3 311.9 289.6 322.7 3.62 10 550 5020 -8.8 -12.4 75 3.6 -10.2 247 12 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.3 2.67 11 500 5752 -13.4 -19.1 62 5.7 -15.1 246 15 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.3 1.68 12 450 6545 -18.7 -23.6 65 4.9 -19.9 243 17 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.2 1.27 13 400 7414 -23.8 -34.3 37 10.5 -25.5 253 17 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.52 14 350 8375 -30.4 -45.6 21 15.2 -31.9 275 20 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9452 -38.8 -48.5 35 9.8 -39.5 282 28 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.16 16 250 10673 -50.0 -55.9 50 5.9 -50.3 283 25 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 12101 -56.4 -63.6 40 7.2 -56.5 254 26 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13951 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 221 20 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16574 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 218 12 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.30 m Freezing level: 648.00 mb = 3729.05 m = 12234.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.90 mb = 3459.89 m = 11351.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.07 mb = 1021.10 m = 3350.01 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.85 mb = 2605.33 m = 8547.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 363.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.13 mb = 2112.26 m = 6929.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.13 mb = 3056.32 m = 10027.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.13 mb = 8290.15 m = 27198.31 ft B at Equ Level: 363.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.13 mb = 11970.29 m = 39272.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 45.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 17.45 Bulk Shear: 20.82 m/s