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: 52.43,-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 105 1 950 559 SFC 904 998 28.6 9.8 31 18.7 16.5 102 4 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.6 8.46 3 900 1038 26.8 8.9 32 17.9 15.5 103 3 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.4 7.95 4 850 1537 21.4 7.4 40 14.0 12.9 106 4 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.9 7.61 5 800 2057 16.4 6.4 51 10.1 10.4 109 4 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.7 7.54 6 750 2602 11.9 -0.1 44 12.0 5.5 109 3 309.4 310.4 290.3 325.2 5.07 7 700 3174 7.2 -1.0 56 8.2 2.9 297 2 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.3 5.08 8 650 3778 1.9 -5.3 59 7.1 -1.4 292 6 311.1 311.8 289.9 323.6 3.98 9 600 4417 -3.1 -17.1 33 13.9 -7.9 306 8 312.5 312.8 288.1 318.0 1.67 10 550 5100 -7.4 -28.1 17 20.6 -12.5 327 9 315.3 315.4 288.0 317.7 0.69 11 500 5835 -12.0 -32.0 17 19.9 -16.3 322 11 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.3 0.53 12 450 6630 -18.1 -32.6 27 14.5 -20.9 314 13 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.55 13 400 7498 -24.6 -40.8 21 16.2 -26.6 306 15 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.27 14 350 8455 -31.8 -47.5 20 15.6 -33.2 296 20 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.15 15 300 9525 -40.5 -55.4 19 14.9 -41.2 286 28 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10740 -50.1 -60.1 30 10.0 -50.4 284 34 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.05 17 200 12178 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 301 28 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14039 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 310 21 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16629 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 317 20 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.48 m Freezing level: 631.30 mb = 4016.98 m = 13178.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.44 mb = 3574.40 m = 11726.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.29 mb = 3323.46 m = 10903.59 ft T: 5.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.70 mb = 3522.47 m = 11556.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 32.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 511.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.01 mb = 3291.29 m = 10798.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.01 mb = 3839.48 m = 12596.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.01 mb = 10869.74 m = 35661.45 ft B at Equ Level: 502.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.01 mb = 12682.25 m = 41607.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.5 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 349.5 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 36.20 Bulk Shear: 14.13 m/s