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: 52.43,-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 122 1 950 571 SFC 905 998 25.3 10.4 39 14.9 15.8 90 1 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.7 8.77 3 900 1045 23.5 9.8 42 13.7 14.9 98 1 305.7 307.3 292.0 331.2 8.46 4 850 1539 19.3 4.4 37 15.0 10.7 141 4 306.4 307.5 290.3 325.2 6.15 5 800 2057 16.3 2.9 41 13.4 8.8 106 4 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.8 5.90 6 750 2601 11.9 -0.1 43 12.0 5.5 77 2 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.2 5.05 7 700 3174 7.3 -1.1 55 8.4 2.9 288 3 310.6 311.5 290.7 326.4 5.05 8 650 3778 1.8 -5.3 59 7.1 -1.5 296 7 311.0 311.7 289.8 323.5 3.97 9 600 4417 -3.3 -15.7 38 12.5 -7.7 307 10 312.4 312.7 288.2 318.5 1.87 10 550 5099 -7.4 -28.3 17 20.9 -12.5 325 12 315.3 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.68 11 500 5835 -11.9 -34.6 13 22.7 -16.4 322 13 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.0 0.41 12 450 6631 -17.8 -34.9 21 17.1 -20.9 312 14 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.4 0.44 13 400 7499 -24.8 -40.5 22 15.6 -26.9 299 15 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 14 350 8456 -31.7 -47.8 19 16.1 -33.1 300 18 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 15 300 9525 -40.6 -53.8 23 13.2 -41.3 299 21 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 16 250 10739 -50.5 -60.5 29 10.1 -50.7 295 26 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.04 17 200 12173 -53.7 -70.5 11 16.8 -54.0 298 25 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14031 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 305 22 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16617 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 320 24 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.05 m Freezing level: 632.34 mb = 4003.47 m = 13134.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.88 mb = 3568.89 m = 11708.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.49 mb = 2865.79 m = 9402.08 ft T: 9.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.37 mb = 3760.68 m = 12338.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.24 C Cross Totals Index: 16.26 C K Index: 27.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.81 mb = 3281.70 m = 10766.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 415.81 mb = 7213.09 m = 23664.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.81 mb = 7757.37 m = 25450.38 ft B at Equ Level: 10.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.81 mb = 8337.51 m = 27353.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 14.54 m/s