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: 52.43,-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 122 1 950 572 SFC 905 997 16.4 10.1 67 6.2 12.6 106 3 297.9 299.5 289.7 323.1 8.63 3 900 1043 20.7 9.6 49 11.1 13.8 110 11 302.8 304.4 291.1 327.8 8.37 4 850 1540 21.0 5.9 37 15.1 12.0 130 15 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.1 6.85 5 800 2060 16.7 4.6 45 12.1 9.7 153 11 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.5 6.67 6 750 2604 11.4 3.6 59 7.8 7.0 166 10 308.9 310.2 291.5 329.3 6.64 7 700 3176 6.9 -1.4 56 8.2 2.6 195 5 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.5 4.94 8 650 3779 2.1 -9.9 41 12.0 -2.9 301 4 311.3 311.8 288.8 320.2 2.77 9 600 4420 -2.2 -17.1 31 14.9 -7.4 326 9 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.1 1.66 10 550 5105 -6.6 -24.7 22 18.0 -11.6 329 8 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.4 0.94 11 500 5841 -12.0 -30.9 19 18.9 -16.1 335 9 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.58 12 450 6637 -17.9 -38.4 15 20.6 -21.1 339 10 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.31 13 400 7505 -24.7 -46.1 12 21.3 -27.1 338 13 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.15 14 350 8459 -33.0 -48.4 20 15.4 -34.3 323 17 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 15 300 9523 -41.6 -52.3 31 10.6 -42.2 308 21 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.10 16 250 10736 -49.0 -63.6 17 14.6 -49.3 288 28 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 12191 -50.4 -72.4 6 22.1 -50.8 283 27 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14054 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 298 22 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16633 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 315 19 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.17 m Freezing level: 625.71 mb = 4090.38 m = 13419.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.40 mb = 3455.11 m = 11335.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.25 mb = 1803.62 m = 5917.30 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.06 mb = 3654.20 m = 11988.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.41 mb = 3159.23 m = 10364.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.41 mb = 5742.61 m = 18840.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.41 mb = 9831.72 m = 32255.92 ft B at Equ Level: 141.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.41 mb = 11100.54 m = 36418.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.0 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 6.0 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -12.5 tot: 71.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 53.77 m/s