MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 136 1 950 578 SFC 912 928 16.5 9.7 64 6.8 12.4 273 2 297.4 298.9 289.3 321.7 8.33 3 900 1039 16.4 7.8 57 8.6 11.3 172 1 298.4 299.7 288.8 320.1 7.39 4 850 1530 19.6 4.9 38 14.7 11.1 86 4 306.7 307.9 290.6 326.2 6.42 5 800 2048 16.2 4.1 45 12.0 9.2 26 3 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.2 6.44 6 750 2593 11.8 0.1 44 11.7 5.6 345 1 309.4 310.4 290.4 325.4 5.14 7 700 3165 7.2 -3.2 47 10.4 2.0 318 4 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.0 4.30 8 650 3769 2.2 -4.4 62 6.6 -0.9 282 9 311.4 312.3 290.2 324.8 4.25 9 600 4408 -3.9 -7.1 79 3.2 -5.3 285 13 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.5 3.75 10 550 5088 -8.7 -19.0 43 10.2 -11.9 299 17 313.7 314.0 288.4 318.9 1.55 11 500 5820 -12.9 -35.1 14 22.2 -17.1 316 17 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.7 0.39 12 450 6615 -18.0 -40.2 12 22.2 -21.4 324 19 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.26 13 400 7483 -24.4 -44.6 14 20.2 -26.7 329 22 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 14 350 8440 -32.3 -45.5 26 13.3 -33.4 331 23 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 15 300 9506 -41.5 -49.8 40 8.3 -42.0 331 27 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.13 16 250 10717 -50.7 -58.7 38 8.0 -50.9 338 33 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.06 17 200 12152 -53.1 -69.0 13 15.9 -53.4 317 30 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14015 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 305 26 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16601 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 312 21 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.42 m Freezing level: 631.98 mb = 3999.21 m = 13120.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.85 mb = 3572.56 m = 11720.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.01 mb = 1795.64 m = 5891.15 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.95 mb = 3794.12 m = 12447.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6993.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.26 mb = 2939.78 m = 9644.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 340.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -15.6 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.29 Bulk Shear: 19.44 m/s