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: 52.43,-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 91 1 950 547 SFC 903 998 29.3 5.7 23 23.5 15.0 163 11 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.2 6.39 3 900 1028 28.6 5.1 22 23.5 14.5 165 11 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.13 4 850 1530 23.5 3.4 27 20.0 11.9 165 16 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.75 5 800 2054 18.3 2.4 35 15.9 9.3 166 16 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.3 5.70 6 750 2601 13.7 -2.9 31 16.7 5.2 171 14 311.5 312.3 290.1 324.5 4.11 7 700 3177 8.7 -0.5 52 9.2 3.8 197 6 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.7 5.27 8 650 3784 3.5 -6.4 49 9.8 -1.1 244 4 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.5 3.66 9 600 4426 -1.5 -16.6 31 15.1 -6.8 256 6 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.1 1.74 10 550 5112 -6.2 -27.1 17 20.9 -11.6 252 6 316.7 316.9 288.5 319.3 0.75 11 500 5850 -11.5 -34.7 13 23.2 -16.1 209 5 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.5 0.40 12 450 6647 -17.5 -40.4 12 22.9 -21.0 211 7 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.25 13 400 7516 -24.3 -45.3 13 21.0 -26.7 230 11 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 14 350 8474 -31.7 -41.8 36 10.1 -32.8 258 19 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 15 300 9545 -40.0 -49.2 37 9.2 -40.6 270 30 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 16 250 10763 -49.4 -57.4 38 8.1 -49.6 265 39 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 17 200 12214 -50.6 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.0 263 29 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14078 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 267 20 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 293 14 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.23 m Freezing level: 615.26 mb = 4230.19 m = 13878.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3644.88 m = 11958.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.71 mb = 3911.75 m = 12833.66 ft T: 2.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.71 mb = 4376.89 m = 14359.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.72 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.90 C Cross Totals Index: 14.86 C K Index: 29.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.81 mb = 3998.83 m = 13119.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 467.81 mb = 6353.62 m = 20844.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.81 mb = 8720.19 m = 28609.19 ft B at Equ Level: 32.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.81 mb = 9822.32 m = 32225.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 224.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 6.75 m/s