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: 52.43,-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 112 1 950 564 SFC 904 998 27.6 8.3 30 19.3 15.5 144 9 309.6 311.0 292.5 332.9 7.61 3 900 1042 25.9 7.3 31 18.5 14.6 145 9 308.2 309.5 291.7 330.0 7.16 4 850 1539 20.8 3.9 33 16.8 11.1 159 16 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.2 5.97 5 800 2059 17.1 -0.8 30 17.9 7.6 171 19 309.4 310.3 289.8 323.5 4.52 6 750 2604 12.4 -0.2 42 12.6 5.7 179 17 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.03 7 700 3177 7.7 -1.7 51 9.4 2.8 190 12 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.1 4.82 8 650 3782 2.5 -6.4 52 8.9 -1.6 217 8 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.4 3.65 9 600 4423 -2.6 -8.5 63 6.0 -5.1 250 6 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.9 3.35 10 550 5108 -6.6 -26.3 19 19.6 -11.8 236 3 316.2 316.4 288.4 319.1 0.81 11 500 5845 -11.5 -31.8 17 20.3 -15.9 177 1 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.53 12 450 6642 -17.8 -35.6 19 17.8 -20.9 286 2 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.41 13 400 7510 -24.6 -43.7 15 19.0 -26.9 271 6 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.20 14 350 8465 -32.5 -49.3 17 16.8 -33.8 251 8 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.12 15 300 9532 -41.1 -53.3 26 12.1 -41.7 267 17 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.09 16 250 10747 -49.3 -60.7 25 11.5 -49.6 268 29 332.8 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12197 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 261 22 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14064 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 279 17 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 303 13 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.16 m Freezing level: 625.27 mb = 4099.26 m = 13448.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.78 mb = 3562.07 m = 11686.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.06 mb = 3401.36 m = 11159.19 ft T: 5.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.44 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.90 mb = 4149.00 m = 13612.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.29 C Cross Totals Index: 15.44 C K Index: 26.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6534.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.08 mb = 3681.43 m = 12078.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.2 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 218.2 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 6.68 m/s