MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 135 1 950 574 SFC 912 926 9.4 8.0 91 1.5 8.6 279 3 290.2 291.5 285.7 311.1 7.38 3 900 1036 16.8 8.0 56 8.8 11.6 108 1 298.9 300.2 289.0 320.9 7.50 4 850 1527 19.9 4.6 36 15.3 11.0 175 1 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.1 6.25 5 800 2046 16.5 4.3 44 12.3 9.5 278 5 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.8 6.50 6 750 2591 12.2 0.6 45 11.6 5.9 299 4 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.3 5.32 7 700 3163 7.2 -2.7 49 9.9 2.2 334 5 310.5 311.3 290.1 324.5 4.49 8 650 3768 2.2 -5.1 58 7.3 -1.2 319 9 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.2 4.03 9 600 4407 -3.6 -7.2 76 3.7 -5.1 293 13 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.71 10 550 5088 -8.7 -15.5 58 6.8 -11.1 288 17 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.5 2.08 11 500 5820 -13.4 -28.1 28 14.7 -16.8 299 19 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.3 0.76 12 450 6612 -18.7 -38.8 15 20.1 -21.8 315 19 319.8 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.30 13 400 7478 -25.4 -40.5 23 15.1 -27.3 327 24 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.0 0.28 14 350 8429 -33.7 -42.8 39 9.1 -34.6 333 23 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.25 15 300 9491 -42.0 -48.0 52 6.0 -42.3 337 30 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.16 16 250 10701 -50.0 -57.5 41 7.5 -50.3 334 34 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.06 17 200 12150 -50.6 -72.3 6 21.7 -51.0 318 32 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14021 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 301 28 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16603 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 314 22 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.32 m Freezing level: 630.67 mb = 4014.88 m = 13172.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.51 mb = 3550.88 m = 11649.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.47 mb = 1117.58 m = 3666.57 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.02 mb = 3829.04 m = 12562.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.08 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.32 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 28.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7425.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.07 mb = 2963.62 m = 9723.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -8.8 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.81 Bulk Shear: 17.89 m/s