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: 52.43,-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 130 1 950 577 SFC 905 998 18.1 10.6 61 7.5 13.5 140 3 299.7 301.4 290.5 325.9 8.91 3 900 1042 17.2 10.1 63 7.1 12.9 136 2 299.2 300.8 290.1 324.5 8.62 4 850 1536 20.8 2.6 30 18.2 10.5 149 15 307.9 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.41 5 800 2055 16.8 1.1 35 15.7 8.2 155 15 309.1 310.0 290.3 325.1 5.18 6 750 2600 11.8 1.7 50 10.1 6.3 174 13 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.3 5.78 7 700 3172 7.4 -2.3 50 9.7 2.5 184 8 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.2 4.62 8 650 3777 2.3 -5.3 57 7.5 -1.3 238 5 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.1 3.97 9 600 4417 -3.0 -6.9 74 3.9 -4.7 284 6 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.8 3.81 10 550 5102 -6.5 -27.3 17 20.9 -11.9 275 2 316.4 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.74 11 500 5839 -11.6 -31.9 17 20.3 -15.9 346 2 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.53 12 450 6636 -17.8 -35.2 20 17.3 -20.9 312 4 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.4 0.43 13 400 7504 -24.7 -42.0 19 17.2 -26.9 291 7 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.24 14 350 8459 -32.5 -47.0 22 14.5 -33.7 289 9 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.16 15 300 9525 -41.4 -53.3 27 11.9 -42.0 280 17 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.3 0.09 16 250 10738 -49.3 -61.7 22 12.5 -49.6 277 24 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12188 -51.0 -73.8 5 22.9 -51.4 269 20 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14049 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 282 18 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16627 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 316 14 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.41 m Freezing level: 628.21 mb = 4055.85 m = 13306.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3570.24 m = 11713.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.79 mb = 1961.60 m = 6435.61 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.62 mb = 3993.61 m = 13102.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.37 C Cross Totals Index: 14.12 C K Index: 25.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7002.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.57 mb = 3294.72 m = 10809.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 220.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.52 Bulk Shear: 4.08 m/s