MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 107 1 950 563 SFC 912 928 30.4 6.6 22 23.8 15.7 169 10 311.7 312.9 292.4 332.5 6.70 3 900 1044 27.6 5.6 25 22.0 14.4 171 11 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.6 6.35 4 850 1544 22.6 4.2 30 18.4 11.9 172 12 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.08 5 800 2066 17.4 3.3 39 14.1 9.3 173 12 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.4 6.07 6 750 2612 12.1 2.2 51 9.8 6.6 174 12 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.00 7 700 3184 7.0 -0.2 60 7.3 3.2 194 9 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.0 5.37 8 650 3788 2.2 -7.1 50 9.4 -2.0 273 4 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.4 3.44 9 600 4428 -2.4 -14.9 38 12.5 -7.0 300 5 313.4 313.7 288.7 319.9 2.00 10 550 5113 -6.3 -28.3 16 22.0 -11.9 289 3 316.6 316.7 288.4 318.9 0.67 11 500 5851 -11.3 -33.2 15 21.8 -15.9 337 1 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.47 12 450 6649 -17.3 -38.4 14 21.1 -20.8 284 3 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.6 0.31 13 400 7519 -24.3 -45.2 13 21.0 -26.6 264 7 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.17 14 350 8476 -31.9 -50.1 15 18.3 -33.3 255 11 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.11 15 300 9546 -40.0 -49.6 35 9.7 -40.6 274 25 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 16 250 10765 -49.3 -56.7 42 7.4 -49.6 266 35 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12214 -51.1 -73.7 5 22.6 -51.5 260 27 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 276 18 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 302 14 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.43 m Freezing level: 625.96 mb = 4095.79 m = 13437.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.13 mb = 3551.67 m = 11652.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.78 mb = 3864.92 m = 12680.03 ft T: 1.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.55 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.25 mb = 4073.02 m = 13362.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.65 mb = 3816.94 m = 12522.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.65 mb = 6439.19 m = 21125.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.65 mb = 8828.99 m = 28966.15 ft B at Equ Level: 45.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.65 mb = 10185.28 m = 33415.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.3 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 231.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.25 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s