MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 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 123 1 950 572 SFC 912 928 25.7 10.1 37 15.6 15.8 79 3 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.6 8.52 3 900 1046 23.0 9.0 41 14.0 14.4 81 3 305.2 306.7 291.6 329.5 8.04 4 850 1539 19.6 4.8 38 14.7 11.0 100 6 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.0 6.36 5 800 2058 16.2 3.4 42 12.8 8.9 79 4 308.4 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.09 6 750 2602 11.9 0.0 44 11.9 5.6 352 1 309.5 310.5 290.4 325.4 5.10 7 700 3174 7.4 -3.3 46 10.7 2.1 302 4 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.2 4.29 8 650 3778 2.1 -4.1 63 6.2 -0.9 290 9 311.3 312.2 290.3 325.0 4.33 9 600 4417 -3.6 -10.5 59 6.9 -6.4 294 12 311.9 312.4 289.0 321.1 2.86 10 550 5099 -7.9 -26.9 20 19.0 -12.7 317 14 314.7 314.9 287.9 317.4 0.77 11 500 5833 -12.2 -34.4 14 22.2 -16.6 320 14 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.7 0.42 12 450 6630 -17.5 -38.2 15 20.6 -20.9 317 16 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.31 13 400 7498 -24.7 -41.5 19 16.8 -26.8 305 18 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.25 14 350 8455 -32.0 -48.2 19 16.2 -33.4 293 22 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.14 15 300 9524 -40.7 -55.5 19 14.8 -41.5 305 25 327.9 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.07 16 250 10737 -50.3 -59.9 32 9.5 -50.6 309 29 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 17 200 12171 -53.7 -68.6 14 14.9 -54.0 299 27 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14028 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 306 24 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16612 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 320 24 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.35 m Freezing level: 631.75 mb = 4011.76 m = 13161.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.38 mb = 3600.09 m = 11811.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.43 mb = 2878.19 m = 9442.78 ft T: 9.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.95 mb = 3754.00 m = 12316.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 25.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.86 mb = 3210.79 m = 10533.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.86 mb = 4392.75 m = 14411.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.86 mb = 5652.33 m = 18544.15 ft B at Equ Level: 17.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 351.86 mb = 8416.72 m = 27613.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -4.5 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 19.58 m/s