MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 125 1 950 572 SFC 912 926 14.4 8.4 67 6.0 10.9 92 3 295.2 296.5 287.8 317.1 7.58 3 900 1043 23.1 6.6 34 16.5 13.3 137 17 305.3 306.6 290.5 325.9 6.79 4 850 1540 21.1 5.2 35 15.9 11.7 138 11 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.2 6.54 5 800 2060 16.4 3.7 43 12.7 9.1 154 6 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.8 6.23 6 750 2604 11.8 -0.7 42 12.4 5.2 186 5 309.4 310.3 290.1 324.5 4.86 7 700 3175 6.8 -3.5 48 10.2 1.7 236 4 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.2 4.22 8 650 3778 1.4 -8.7 47 10.1 -2.9 275 5 310.5 311.1 288.8 320.2 3.04 9 600 4417 -2.6 -21.5 22 18.9 -8.4 313 6 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.0 1.15 10 550 5100 -7.0 -25.9 21 18.9 -12.0 325 7 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.7 0.84 11 500 5836 -12.2 -30.2 21 18.0 -16.2 324 8 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.4 0.62 12 450 6632 -17.9 -38.8 14 20.9 -21.2 328 10 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.30 13 400 7499 -24.8 -46.1 12 21.3 -27.1 332 13 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.15 14 350 8454 -32.9 -49.3 18 16.4 -34.1 317 17 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.12 15 300 9519 -41.1 -55.3 20 14.2 -41.8 300 25 327.4 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.07 16 250 10735 -48.8 -64.4 15 15.6 -49.2 290 31 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 17 200 12189 -50.5 -74.1 5 23.6 -51.0 291 24 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14052 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 299 21 378.3 378.3 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16631 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 316 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.85 m Freezing level: 632.31 mb = 4003.68 m = 13135.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.43 mb = 3393.82 m = 11134.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.40 mb = 1708.98 m = 5606.84 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.15 mb = 3750.76 m = 12305.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 28.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6522.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.97 mb = 3316.26 m = 10879.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 323.2 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 56.14 m/s