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: 52.43,-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 107 1 950 559 SFC 904 998 21.6 9.7 46 12.0 14.2 85 5 303.4 305.0 291.3 328.4 8.37 3 900 1036 24.3 9.4 39 14.9 15.0 89 9 306.6 308.1 292.2 331.6 8.27 4 850 1535 21.7 7.1 39 14.6 12.8 114 11 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.7 7.45 5 800 2056 16.8 5.7 48 11.1 10.2 134 8 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.2 7.22 6 750 2600 11.6 4.2 60 7.4 7.3 148 7 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.3 6.89 7 700 3172 7.0 -0.9 57 7.8 2.9 224 3 310.2 311.2 290.6 326.2 5.14 8 650 3776 2.2 -9.4 42 11.6 -2.7 294 7 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.8 2.89 9 600 4417 -1.9 -22.4 19 20.5 -8.1 312 11 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.6 1.06 10 550 5102 -6.4 -25.4 20 19.0 -11.6 321 11 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.5 0.88 11 500 5839 -11.8 -28.9 23 17.0 -15.8 329 12 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.1 0.70 12 450 6635 -17.9 -35.4 20 17.5 -21.0 328 12 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.42 13 400 7503 -24.6 -43.3 16 18.7 -26.8 320 14 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.21 14 350 8459 -32.7 -48.5 19 15.8 -34.0 304 18 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.13 15 300 9523 -41.6 -54.9 22 13.3 -42.2 294 21 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.07 16 250 10738 -48.8 -63.5 16 14.8 -49.1 284 29 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 12193 -50.6 -71.7 7 21.1 -51.1 284 24 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14057 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 300 23 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16637 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 314 17 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.94 m Freezing level: 622.66 mb = 4126.36 m = 13537.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.03 mb = 3480.21 m = 11417.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.17 mb = 2520.02 m = 8267.67 ft T: 12.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.15 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.48 mb = 3559.77 m = 11678.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 32.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.05 mb = 3241.90 m = 10636.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.05 mb = 4561.92 m = 14966.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.05 mb = 10248.74 m = 33624.06 ft B at Equ Level: 404.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.05 mb = 11904.08 m = 39054.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 355.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 62.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 39.55 m/s