MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 127 1 950 572 SFC 912 926 12.2 8.1 76 4.1 9.9 128 3 293.0 294.3 286.9 314.3 7.45 3 900 1041 22.0 5.3 34 16.7 12.3 166 11 304.2 305.4 289.6 323.0 6.21 4 850 1537 21.0 3.8 32 17.2 11.1 169 8 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.2 5.90 5 800 2056 16.3 2.9 41 13.4 8.8 155 6 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.7 5.91 6 750 2600 11.4 1.2 49 10.3 5.9 178 4 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.1 5.55 7 700 3171 6.6 -2.6 52 9.2 2.0 221 3 309.8 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.50 8 650 3773 1.5 -10.9 39 12.4 -3.6 285 4 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.9 2.56 9 600 4413 -2.3 -21.8 21 19.5 -8.3 319 6 313.4 313.7 287.8 317.2 1.11 10 550 5097 -6.8 -26.0 20 19.2 -11.9 326 7 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.9 0.83 11 500 5833 -11.9 -33.4 15 21.4 -16.3 331 8 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.46 12 450 6630 -17.6 -39.8 13 22.2 -21.1 336 9 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.0 0.27 13 400 7498 -24.7 -44.9 14 20.2 -27.0 324 11 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.17 14 350 8454 -32.4 -48.3 19 15.9 -33.7 313 17 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.5 0.14 15 300 9520 -41.1 -54.3 23 13.2 -41.8 294 24 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.08 16 250 10736 -48.7 -62.7 18 14.0 -49.1 289 29 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.03 17 200 12190 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.2 282 22 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14051 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 286 21 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16620 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 314 15 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.02 m Freezing level: 630.41 mb = 4023.72 m = 13201.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.93 mb = 3383.73 m = 11101.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.34 mb = 1462.11 m = 4796.88 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 9.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.69 mb = 4026.86 m = 13211.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.91 C Cross Totals Index: 15.71 C K Index: 27.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8117.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.28 mb = 3403.32 m = 11165.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 26.82 m/s