MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 98 1 950 555 SFC 911 928 29.7 5.8 22 24.0 15.2 167 9 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.7 6.34 3 900 1036 28.2 4.8 22 23.4 14.3 169 11 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.2 6.00 4 850 1537 23.3 3.5 28 19.7 11.8 170 12 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.80 5 800 2060 18.1 2.3 35 15.8 9.2 171 12 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.1 5.67 6 750 2607 12.9 1.7 46 11.2 6.6 172 11 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.4 5.76 7 700 3181 7.6 -1.0 55 8.5 3.1 175 9 310.9 311.8 290.8 326.8 5.09 8 650 3786 2.6 -7.2 48 9.8 -1.8 295 2 311.9 312.6 289.6 322.9 3.43 9 600 4427 -1.9 -17.2 30 15.4 -7.2 307 3 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.4 1.65 10 550 5113 -5.9 -29.9 13 24.0 -11.8 272 3 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.58 11 500 5852 -11.1 -33.9 13 22.7 -15.8 224 2 319.5 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.44 12 450 6650 -17.1 -40.3 11 23.2 -20.8 247 5 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.25 13 400 7520 -24.1 -46.3 11 22.2 -26.6 251 10 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.15 14 350 8479 -31.4 -42.9 31 11.5 -32.6 261 18 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.25 15 300 9552 -39.6 -46.8 46 7.2 -40.1 272 28 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.2 0.19 16 250 10772 -49.4 -54.3 57 4.8 -49.6 266 39 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 17 200 12220 -51.0 -73.7 5 22.7 -51.5 265 29 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14081 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 269 21 377.5 377.5 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 295 15 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.22 m Freezing level: 620.79 mb = 4160.33 m = 13649.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.25 mb = 3559.61 m = 11678.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.33 mb = 3893.20 m = 12772.81 ft T: 1.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.86 mb = 4296.33 m = 14095.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.14 mb = 3970.94 m = 13027.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 430.14 mb = 6983.73 m = 22912.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.14 mb = 8077.24 m = 26499.81 ft B at Equ Level: 7.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.14 mb = 8677.78 m = 28470.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 4.13 m/s