MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 106 1 950 559 SFC 911 927 21.4 8.6 44 12.8 13.6 57 5 302.5 303.9 290.4 325.5 7.72 3 900 1036 26.0 6.8 29 19.2 14.3 72 14 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.3 6.88 4 850 1535 21.7 5.4 35 16.3 12.0 88 10 308.9 310.1 291.5 329.3 6.64 5 800 2056 16.9 4.2 43 12.7 9.6 108 7 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.1 6.48 6 750 2601 11.7 2.4 53 9.3 6.5 115 5 309.3 310.4 291.2 328.1 6.09 7 700 3173 7.1 -2.4 51 9.5 2.3 318 3 310.3 311.2 290.2 324.6 4.57 8 650 3776 2.0 -8.2 47 10.1 -2.4 304 9 311.2 311.8 289.2 321.3 3.18 9 600 4416 -2.4 -22.8 19 20.4 -8.4 311 11 313.4 313.6 287.7 316.9 1.02 10 550 5100 -6.7 -29.5 14 22.8 -12.2 319 12 316.1 316.3 288.2 318.3 0.60 11 500 5837 -11.8 -31.3 18 19.5 -16.0 326 13 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.56 12 450 6633 -18.0 -33.6 24 15.7 -20.8 324 14 320.7 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.50 13 400 7501 -24.4 -42.3 17 17.9 -26.6 315 15 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.23 14 350 8458 -32.2 -47.9 20 15.7 -33.5 302 19 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.14 15 300 9525 -40.9 -56.2 18 15.3 -41.6 288 28 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 16 250 10741 -49.0 -62.9 18 13.9 -49.3 287 31 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 12193 -51.2 -70.6 8 19.3 -51.7 289 26 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14055 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 304 24 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16633 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 318 19 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.57 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 4068.35 m = 13347.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3460.24 m = 11352.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.69 mb = 2559.55 m = 8397.37 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.66 mb = 3805.00 m = 12483.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.27 C K Index: 29.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.86 mb = 3482.63 m = 11425.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.86 mb = 5550.69 m = 18210.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.86 mb = 9550.47 m = 31333.19 ft B at Equ Level: 95.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.86 mb = 10771.01 m = 35337.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -12.6 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 36.63 m/s