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: 52.43,-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 99 1 950 554 SFC 904 998 30.1 6.0 22 24.1 15.4 160 12 312.2 313.4 292.4 332.4 6.50 3 900 1035 28.4 5.1 23 23.3 14.4 161 12 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.7 6.12 4 850 1537 23.1 3.6 28 19.5 11.8 162 16 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.4 5.83 5 800 2059 17.8 2.6 36 15.2 9.2 164 16 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.0 5.76 6 750 2606 12.9 -0.8 39 13.7 5.7 173 16 310.6 311.5 290.5 325.7 4.82 7 700 3180 8.2 -0.3 55 8.4 3.7 203 10 311.5 312.5 291.2 328.3 5.36 8 650 3786 2.8 -5.0 57 7.7 -0.9 229 7 312.1 312.9 290.3 325.0 4.07 9 600 4427 -2.1 -13.4 41 11.4 -6.4 242 6 313.7 314.2 289.1 321.1 2.26 10 550 5113 -6.3 -27.0 18 20.7 -11.7 240 4 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.2 0.76 11 500 5851 -11.4 -32.4 16 21.1 -15.9 198 3 319.2 319.3 289.0 321.0 0.50 12 450 6648 -17.6 -37.7 16 20.1 -20.9 224 4 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.33 13 400 7516 -24.6 -46.1 12 21.4 -27.0 241 8 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.6 0.15 14 350 8472 -32.3 -49.3 17 17.0 -33.7 240 13 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.12 15 300 9540 -40.4 -50.5 33 10.1 -41.0 265 25 328.4 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.12 16 250 10757 -49.4 -56.1 45 6.7 -49.6 264 35 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12206 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.1 258 27 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14072 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 274 17 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 300 14 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.90 m Freezing level: 621.27 mb = 4154.41 m = 13629.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.40 mb = 3668.33 m = 12035.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.14 mb = 3971.09 m = 13028.35 ft T: 1.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.60 mb = 4260.79 m = 13978.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.45 C Cross Totals Index: 14.96 C K Index: 29.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.10 mb = 3946.35 m = 12947.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.10 mb = 6446.84 m = 21150.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.10 mb = 9047.56 m = 29683.24 ft B at Equ Level: 55.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.10 mb = 10441.68 m = 34257.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.0 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 221.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.35 Bulk Shear: 7.66 m/s