MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 119 1 950 572 SFC 912 928 28.5 7.2 26 21.3 15.4 151 9 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.1 6.98 3 900 1050 25.7 5.8 28 19.8 13.8 153 10 307.9 309.2 291.0 327.7 6.45 4 850 1547 20.7 4.1 33 16.7 11.1 156 11 307.9 309.0 290.7 326.4 6.03 5 800 2066 16.5 1.9 37 14.6 8.4 174 13 308.7 309.8 290.5 325.7 5.48 6 750 2611 11.7 0.5 46 11.2 5.7 179 12 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.6 5.29 7 700 3182 6.4 0.1 64 6.4 3.1 199 8 309.6 310.7 290.7 326.7 5.50 8 650 3785 2.1 -10.6 39 12.6 -3.1 270 5 311.3 311.8 288.6 319.7 2.63 9 600 4424 -2.5 -16.0 35 13.5 -7.3 289 5 313.2 313.5 288.5 319.2 1.83 10 550 5108 -6.8 -26.8 19 20.0 -12.0 291 3 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.77 11 500 5845 -11.6 -32.7 16 21.1 -16.0 349 3 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.49 12 450 6642 -17.6 -37.9 15 20.4 -20.9 319 4 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 13 400 7511 -24.4 -44.0 15 19.5 -26.7 294 7 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.19 14 350 8468 -32.2 -48.7 18 16.5 -33.6 283 9 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.13 15 300 9536 -40.6 -53.5 24 12.8 -41.3 280 21 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.09 16 250 10753 -49.1 -58.9 31 9.8 -49.4 275 30 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12203 -50.8 -73.5 5 22.7 -51.2 265 23 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14066 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 282 17 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16639 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 307 14 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.16 m Freezing level: 627.64 mb = 4070.53 m = 13354.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.31 mb = 3473.82 m = 11396.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.82 mb = 3564.61 m = 11694.78 ft T: 3.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.64 mb = 4064.30 m = 13334.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.36 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 30.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7020.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.97 mb = 3623.90 m = 11889.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 233.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -134.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 8.15 m/s