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: 52.43,-114.91 Latitude: 52.43 Longitude: -114.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 578 SFC 905 998 17.4 9.1 58 8.3 12.4 279 2 299.0 300.5 289.5 322.6 8.03 3 900 1041 16.4 8.5 59 7.9 11.7 277 2 298.4 299.8 289.1 321.2 7.75 4 850 1530 19.4 4.8 38 14.6 10.9 149 3 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.8 6.35 5 800 2049 16.8 1.8 36 15.0 8.5 82 4 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.0 5.46 6 750 2594 12.0 0.1 44 11.8 5.6 49 3 309.6 310.5 290.5 325.6 5.15 7 700 3166 7.3 -1.5 54 8.8 2.8 303 3 310.5 311.5 290.5 325.8 4.89 8 650 3770 1.9 -5.2 60 7.0 -1.4 297 7 311.1 311.8 289.9 323.7 4.01 9 600 4409 -3.5 -11.3 55 7.8 -6.6 298 11 312.0 312.5 288.9 320.7 2.68 10 550 5090 -8.0 -25.5 23 17.5 -12.6 310 15 314.6 314.8 287.9 317.6 0.88 11 500 5824 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.1 -16.7 323 17 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.41 12 450 6620 -17.6 -38.7 14 21.1 -21.0 328 18 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.30 13 400 7489 -24.6 -42.3 18 17.7 -26.8 319 17 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.23 14 350 8446 -32.1 -47.7 20 15.6 -33.4 306 17 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 15 300 9514 -40.9 -52.4 28 11.5 -41.5 317 23 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.10 16 250 10726 -50.8 -58.7 38 7.9 -51.0 319 29 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.06 17 200 12158 -53.7 -67.9 16 14.2 -54.0 313 26 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14018 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 305 25 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16605 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 310 20 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.11 m Freezing level: 632.68 mb = 3991.52 m = 13095.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3563.97 m = 11692.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.08 mb = 2058.90 m = 6754.84 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 1.42 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.21 mb = 3829.20 m = 12562.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7443.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.05 mb = 3106.76 m = 10192.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 347.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -17.6 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 16.39 m/s