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: 52.43,-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 99 1 950 553 SFC 903 998 28.2 9.0 30 19.2 16.1 93 5 310.2 311.8 293.0 334.8 7.99 3 900 1033 27.3 8.4 30 18.9 15.5 94 5 309.6 311.1 292.6 333.3 7.70 4 850 1533 22.3 7.0 37 15.3 13.0 97 6 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.40 5 800 2055 17.2 6.0 48 11.2 10.4 99 6 309.4 310.8 292.2 332.0 7.33 6 750 2600 11.9 4.9 62 7.0 7.8 101 5 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.8 7.26 7 700 3173 7.2 -0.7 57 7.9 3.1 305 2 310.5 311.5 290.8 326.7 5.20 8 650 3777 2.3 -7.6 48 9.9 -2.1 286 7 311.5 312.2 289.4 322.1 3.32 9 600 4417 -2.4 -20.8 23 18.4 -8.1 294 9 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.5 1.22 10 550 5101 -6.8 -27.6 17 20.8 -12.1 307 11 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.5 0.72 11 500 5838 -11.9 -29.6 21 17.8 -15.9 315 13 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.65 12 450 6633 -18.2 -32.8 27 14.6 -20.9 314 13 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.3 0.54 13 400 7501 -24.5 -41.7 19 17.2 -26.6 313 15 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.25 14 350 8458 -32.2 -47.3 21 15.1 -33.4 304 18 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 15 300 9526 -40.7 -56.9 16 16.2 -41.4 291 28 328.0 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.06 16 250 10742 -49.3 -61.8 22 12.5 -49.6 287 33 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12190 -52.0 -70.2 10 18.2 -52.4 296 23 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14052 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 300 21 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 316 20 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.84 m Freezing level: 625.50 mb = 4090.53 m = 13420.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.04 mb = 3529.40 m = 11579.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.65 mb = 3389.36 m = 11119.82 ft T: 5.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.32 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.30 mb = 3623.97 m = 11889.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.35 mb = 3428.84 m = 11249.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.35 mb = 3984.32 m = 13071.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.35 mb = 10653.10 m = 34950.68 ft B at Equ Level: 484.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.35 mb = 12408.56 m = 40710.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.64 Bulk Shear: 22.72 m/s