MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 105 1 950 559 SFC 911 928 29.2 8.9 28 20.2 16.4 91 5 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.8 7.89 3 900 1038 26.5 7.7 30 18.9 14.9 92 5 308.9 310.2 292.0 331.3 7.32 4 850 1537 21.5 6.6 38 14.8 12.5 94 6 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.8 7.23 5 800 2058 16.3 5.6 49 10.7 10.0 96 6 308.6 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.14 6 750 2602 11.9 -0.0 44 12.0 5.6 50 1 309.5 310.5 290.3 325.3 5.09 7 700 3174 7.3 -3.0 48 10.3 2.2 305 3 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.3 4.37 8 650 3778 1.9 -4.1 64 6.1 -1.0 295 7 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.8 4.33 9 600 4417 -3.6 -13.0 48 9.4 -7.1 300 9 311.9 312.4 288.6 319.5 2.34 10 550 5098 -7.9 -27.9 18 20.0 -12.8 319 10 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.1 0.70 11 500 5832 -12.2 -33.9 15 21.7 -16.6 319 12 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.43 12 450 6629 -17.9 -35.7 19 17.9 -21.0 310 15 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.40 13 400 7496 -24.6 -41.0 20 16.4 -26.7 301 18 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.26 14 350 8454 -31.4 -48.4 17 17.0 -32.9 299 23 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.14 15 300 9525 -40.3 -55.6 18 15.3 -41.1 292 28 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 16 250 10740 -50.2 -60.1 30 9.9 -50.5 292 34 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 17 200 12176 -54.0 -70.4 12 16.4 -54.3 300 31 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14036 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 309 23 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16625 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 318 21 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.00 m Freezing level: 632.55 mb = 4001.11 m = 13126.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.43 mb = 3587.02 m = 11768.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.75 mb = 3437.47 m = 11277.64 ft T: 4.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.44 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.64 mb = 3645.83 m = 11961.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.43 mb = 3393.39 m = 11133.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.43 mb = 3946.66 m = 12948.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.43 mb = 10316.20 m = 33845.40 ft B at Equ Level: 335.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.43 mb = 11972.65 m = 39279.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.9 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 348.9 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.00 Bulk Shear: 21.05 m/s