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: 52.43,-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 1 950 573 SFC 904 997 12.8 9.7 81 3.1 11.0 118 2 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.4 8.39 3 900 1038 16.2 8.9 62 7.3 11.9 146 5 298.2 299.6 289.2 321.5 7.97 4 850 1533 20.9 4.5 34 16.4 11.3 151 13 308.0 309.2 290.9 327.0 6.20 5 800 2052 16.1 4.4 45 11.8 9.3 159 12 308.4 309.6 291.3 328.5 6.55 6 750 2596 12.1 -1.6 38 13.7 5.0 164 10 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.52 7 700 3169 7.4 -3.1 47 10.5 2.2 187 6 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.3 4.35 8 650 3773 2.1 -4.0 64 6.1 -0.8 277 5 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.38 9 600 4413 -2.6 -9.2 60 6.6 -5.4 301 8 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.4 3.18 10 550 5098 -6.5 -26.2 19 19.7 -11.8 316 5 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.2 0.82 11 500 5835 -11.8 -32.7 16 20.9 -16.2 346 6 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.49 12 450 6631 -17.8 -36.6 18 18.8 -21.0 331 7 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.37 13 400 7499 -24.8 -41.5 20 16.7 -26.9 310 9 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.25 14 350 8454 -32.5 -46.3 24 13.8 -33.7 302 13 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.17 15 300 9520 -41.5 -52.9 28 11.4 -42.1 286 20 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.09 16 250 10732 -49.1 -62.4 20 13.2 -49.5 282 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.03 17 200 12186 -50.4 -74.2 4 23.8 -50.9 280 20 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14049 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 283 19 377.9 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16623 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 308 15 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.50 m Freezing level: 627.39 mb = 4062.14 m = 13327.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.39 mb = 3606.39 m = 11831.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.24 mb = 1398.90 m = 4589.53 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.27 mb = 3806.38 m = 12487.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.63 C Cross Totals Index: 16.22 C K Index: 26.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7224.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.47 mb = 3103.93 m = 10183.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 13.83 m/s