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: 52.43,-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 126 1 950 575 SFC 905 997 14.0 10.0 77 4.1 11.6 114 2 295.5 297.1 288.8 320.2 8.54 3 900 1043 18.2 8.8 54 9.4 12.5 132 8 300.2 301.7 289.9 323.6 7.91 4 850 1537 20.6 5.0 36 15.6 11.5 138 17 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.5 6.45 5 800 2057 16.5 3.6 42 12.8 9.2 154 12 308.7 309.9 291.1 327.8 6.22 6 750 2601 11.7 0.9 48 10.7 5.9 170 9 309.2 310.3 290.6 326.2 5.47 7 700 3173 7.1 -2.7 50 9.8 2.2 195 6 310.3 311.2 290.1 324.3 4.47 8 650 3777 2.2 -8.2 46 10.5 -2.3 273 4 311.5 312.1 289.2 321.6 3.16 9 600 4417 -2.6 -11.8 49 9.3 -6.2 299 7 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.57 10 550 5101 -6.8 -25.1 22 18.3 -11.8 306 6 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.2 0.91 11 500 5838 -11.9 -32.2 17 20.3 -16.2 330 7 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.4 0.51 12 450 6634 -17.8 -38.2 15 20.3 -21.1 336 9 320.8 320.9 289.3 322.0 0.31 13 400 7501 -24.8 -43.0 17 18.2 -27.0 323 11 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.5 0.21 14 350 8456 -32.8 -47.5 22 14.7 -34.0 316 16 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.15 15 300 9521 -41.6 -51.9 32 10.3 -42.2 302 22 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.11 16 250 10733 -49.4 -63.8 17 14.4 -49.7 284 29 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.03 17 200 12186 -50.2 -72.7 5 22.5 -50.6 288 22 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14051 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 295 19 378.3 378.3 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16632 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 316 16 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.24 m Freezing level: 626.68 mb = 4075.18 m = 13369.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.75 mb = 3460.08 m = 11351.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.25 mb = 1524.66 m = 5002.11 ft T: 20.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.97 mb = 3813.95 m = 12512.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.94 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7426.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.18 mb = 3147.16 m = 10325.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 29.43 m/s