MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 97 1 950 534 SFC 907 927 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 163 3 292.1 293.6 287.9 317.3 8.88 3 900 996 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.4 184 10 296.8 298.6 290.7 326.5 10.25 4 850 1485 17.0 8.9 59 8.2 12.0 256 4 304.0 305.6 291.5 329.3 8.44 5 800 1999 13.2 6.6 64 6.5 9.3 292 2 305.2 306.6 291.2 328.3 7.68 6 750 2538 8.9 4.0 71 4.9 6.1 268 3 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.8 6.79 7 700 3104 3.9 1.5 84 2.4 2.6 250 6 306.8 307.9 290.4 325.4 6.09 8 650 3702 -0.5 -3.2 82 2.7 -1.8 235 10 308.4 309.3 289.6 322.8 4.64 9 600 4337 -4.9 -8.7 74 3.8 -6.5 237 13 310.5 311.1 289.0 320.9 3.30 10 550 5015 -9.2 -20.7 39 11.5 -12.5 236 15 313.2 313.4 288.0 317.7 1.34 11 500 5746 -13.6 -22.1 49 8.4 -15.9 241 17 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.8 1.30 12 450 6539 -18.3 -25.6 53 7.3 -20.0 247 18 320.2 320.5 289.9 323.9 1.06 13 400 7409 -23.1 -26.2 76 3.1 -23.8 259 21 325.0 325.2 291.4 329.0 1.13 14 350 8373 -30.1 -34.5 65 4.4 -30.7 260 25 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.59 15 300 9449 -39.7 -43.2 69 3.6 -39.9 253 27 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 16 250 10668 -50.0 -53.7 65 3.7 -50.1 258 26 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12092 -56.9 -65.4 33 8.5 -57.1 255 28 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13939 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 233 22 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16567 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 226 9 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.45 m Freezing level: 655.63 mb = 3634.36 m = 11923.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.44 mb = 3452.02 m = 11325.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.50 C = 76.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.27 mb = 964.79 m = 3165.28 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.67 mb = 2707.30 m = 8882.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.68 mb = 2170.89 m = 7122.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.68 mb = 3353.55 m = 11002.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.68 mb = 6897.15 m = 22628.17 ft B at Equ Level: 189.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.68 mb = 9706.21 m = 31844.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -7.4 tot: 20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 27.89 Bulk Shear: 6.84 m/s