MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 121 1 950 570 SFC 912 926 16.8 8.4 58 8.3 11.9 75 4 297.7 299.0 288.7 319.9 7.61 3 900 1044 24.4 6.4 31 18.0 13.7 105 17 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.2 6.72 4 850 1541 21.1 5.2 35 15.9 11.7 112 12 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.3 6.53 5 800 2061 16.6 4.0 43 12.6 9.3 142 7 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.4 6.37 6 750 2606 11.5 2.3 53 9.3 6.4 164 5 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.6 6.01 7 700 3177 6.8 -3.0 50 9.8 2.0 265 2 310.0 310.9 289.9 323.8 4.39 8 650 3780 1.6 -8.1 48 9.8 -2.6 305 6 310.8 311.4 289.0 321.0 3.19 9 600 4419 -2.5 -22.1 21 19.6 -8.4 325 9 313.3 313.5 287.8 316.9 1.09 10 550 5103 -6.8 -27.5 17 20.7 -12.1 334 10 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.5 0.73 11 500 5839 -12.1 -29.5 22 17.4 -16.0 337 10 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.66 12 450 6635 -18.2 -34.9 22 16.8 -21.1 331 10 320.4 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.44 13 400 7502 -24.8 -42.9 17 18.1 -27.0 322 13 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.6 0.22 14 350 8457 -32.8 -49.6 17 16.8 -34.1 307 17 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.12 15 300 9522 -41.3 -55.1 21 13.8 -41.9 292 23 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.07 16 250 10738 -48.3 -63.8 15 15.5 -48.7 283 32 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12194 -50.9 -72.0 6 21.1 -51.3 286 28 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14053 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 301 23 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16631 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 317 20 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.59 m Freezing level: 629.93 mb = 4036.18 m = 13241.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.63 mb = 3429.10 m = 11250.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.01 mb = 2007.73 m = 6586.97 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.02 mb = 3791.56 m = 12439.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 28.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.08 mb = 3387.82 m = 11114.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 457.08 mb = 6516.98 m = 21380.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.08 mb = 8924.72 m = 29280.22 ft B at Equ Level: 37.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.08 mb = 10051.97 m = 32978.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 16.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -11.8 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 51.15 m/s