MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 132 1 950 578 SFC 912 927 19.4 9.9 54 9.5 13.6 143 4 300.3 301.8 290.3 325.1 8.41 3 900 1046 21.4 5.0 34 16.5 11.9 150 10 303.6 304.7 289.3 321.9 6.06 4 850 1541 20.9 2.9 30 18.0 10.7 155 10 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.1 5.54 5 800 2061 16.4 2.3 39 14.1 8.5 159 9 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.65 6 750 2605 11.3 2.2 53 9.2 6.3 172 7 308.9 310.0 290.9 327.3 5.97 7 700 3176 6.3 -1.4 58 7.7 2.4 195 5 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.8 4.93 8 650 3778 1.9 -13.3 31 15.2 -4.0 279 5 311.1 311.5 288.1 317.9 2.10 9 600 4417 -2.3 -20.5 23 18.2 -8.1 302 5 313.5 313.7 288.0 317.6 1.25 10 550 5102 -6.8 -26.6 19 19.8 -11.9 307 5 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.79 11 500 5839 -11.7 -33.5 15 21.8 -16.2 338 5 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.45 12 450 6636 -17.6 -38.9 14 21.3 -21.0 332 6 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.29 13 400 7504 -24.6 -43.3 16 18.7 -26.8 306 9 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.21 14 350 8460 -32.2 -47.3 21 15.1 -33.5 306 13 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.15 15 300 9528 -41.0 -53.9 23 13.0 -41.6 288 21 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.08 16 250 10744 -49.0 -61.3 23 12.3 -49.3 282 27 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12193 -51.4 -73.0 6 21.6 -51.8 274 22 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14051 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 287 19 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16625 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 316 14 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.76 m Freezing level: 627.36 mb = 4067.51 m = 13344.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.33 mb = 3395.38 m = 11139.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.39 mb = 2141.28 m = 7025.13 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.16 mb = 4179.15 m = 13710.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.61 C Cross Totals Index: 14.63 C K Index: 27.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7758.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.93 mb = 3484.05 m = 11430.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 14.56 m/s