MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 98 1 950 553 SFC 911 928 28.9 7.7 27 21.1 15.7 68 6 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.6 7.28 3 900 1033 27.3 6.4 27 20.9 14.6 69 7 309.7 310.9 291.8 330.4 6.73 4 850 1533 22.4 5.4 33 16.9 12.3 73 7 309.6 310.8 291.7 330.0 6.64 5 800 2055 17.3 4.5 43 12.8 9.9 76 6 309.6 310.8 291.7 330.0 6.62 6 750 2600 12.0 3.4 56 8.6 7.1 78 6 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.7 6.52 7 700 3173 7.3 -2.4 50 9.7 2.4 329 3 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.9 4.58 8 650 3776 1.9 -5.4 58 7.3 -1.5 299 8 311.1 311.9 289.8 323.5 3.93 9 600 4416 -2.9 -19.7 26 16.8 -8.2 301 10 312.8 313.0 287.8 317.2 1.34 10 550 5099 -7.1 -29.9 14 22.8 -12.5 304 11 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.8 0.58 11 500 5835 -11.8 -33.0 15 21.2 -16.2 310 14 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.47 12 450 6631 -17.9 -33.6 24 15.6 -20.8 308 16 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.5 0.50 13 400 7499 -24.3 -42.1 18 17.8 -26.5 307 18 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.23 14 350 8457 -31.7 -48.6 17 16.9 -33.1 300 22 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.13 15 300 9528 -40.2 -55.7 18 15.5 -40.9 293 32 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 16 250 10745 -49.5 -61.1 25 11.6 -49.8 289 34 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 17 200 12189 -52.6 -70.0 11 17.4 -52.9 297 27 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14051 -53.0 -82.0 2 29.0 -53.5 302 23 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16629 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 319 22 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.09 m Freezing level: 630.12 mb = 4030.67 m = 13223.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.15 mb = 3539.83 m = 11613.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.28 mb = 3550.39 m = 11648.11 ft T: 3.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.56 mb = 3806.47 m = 12488.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.51 mb = 3633.42 m = 11920.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.51 mb = 4198.94 m = 13775.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.51 mb = 9605.99 m = 31515.34 ft B at Equ Level: 179.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.51 mb = 11383.62 m = 37347.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.02 Bulk Shear: 22.48 m/s