MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 107 1 950 560 SFC 911 927 22.2 6.6 37 15.5 13.0 148 6 303.2 304.5 289.8 323.5 6.73 3 900 1039 27.2 4.4 23 22.8 13.8 162 16 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.6 5.85 4 850 1540 22.8 3.1 27 19.7 11.5 170 16 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.5 5.63 5 800 2062 17.8 2.3 35 15.5 9.1 176 15 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.7 5.65 6 750 2608 12.7 -0.6 40 13.3 5.7 183 14 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.7 4.89 7 700 3182 7.9 -2.6 47 10.5 2.6 189 7 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.4 4.52 8 650 3787 2.7 -7.9 45 10.6 -2.0 233 2 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.4 3.25 9 600 4428 -2.0 -16.6 32 14.7 -7.1 296 3 313.8 314.1 288.6 319.5 1.73 10 550 5114 -6.2 -29.3 14 23.1 -11.9 266 3 316.8 316.9 288.4 318.9 0.62 11 500 5852 -11.4 -35.6 12 24.2 -16.1 209 3 319.2 319.2 288.9 320.5 0.37 12 450 6650 -17.2 -42.6 9 25.4 -20.9 220 6 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.20 13 400 7520 -23.8 -40.5 20 16.7 -26.1 246 12 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.28 14 350 8480 -31.1 -38.1 50 7.0 -32.0 271 18 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.41 15 300 9555 -39.6 -46.8 46 7.2 -40.1 276 30 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 16 250 10774 -49.0 -57.0 39 8.0 -49.3 270 39 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12223 -51.6 -73.0 6 21.4 -52.0 270 30 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14081 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 273 22 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 307 16 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.26 m Freezing level: 621.06 mb = 4158.07 m = 13641.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.58 mb = 3520.12 m = 11548.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.05 mb = 2900.94 m = 9517.41 ft T: 10.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 8.74 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.42 mb = 4329.71 m = 14204.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.22 C Cross Totals Index: 14.48 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7185.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.29 mb = 3894.90 m = 12778.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.1 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 221.1 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 10.71 m/s