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: 52.43,-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 102 1 950 555 SFC 904 998 21.7 7.2 39 14.5 13.0 148 5 303.5 304.8 290.2 324.7 7.05 3 900 1032 24.5 6.9 32 17.6 13.9 156 9 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.0 6.97 4 850 1533 22.7 4.8 31 17.9 12.1 175 20 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.5 6.34 5 800 2055 17.9 3.3 38 14.6 9.5 179 20 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.0 6.06 6 750 2602 13.7 -3.8 29 17.5 4.9 177 14 311.5 312.2 289.9 323.7 3.86 7 700 3178 8.6 -1.8 48 10.5 3.2 182 8 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.1 4.78 8 650 3785 3.4 -4.7 55 8.1 -0.5 224 4 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.9 4.14 9 600 4427 -1.8 -10.1 53 8.3 -5.3 267 6 314.0 314.6 289.9 323.6 2.96 10 550 5113 -6.7 -18.3 39 11.5 -10.5 254 6 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.6 1.65 11 500 5850 -11.7 -32.3 16 20.7 -16.0 214 6 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.6 0.51 12 450 6646 -17.5 -38.8 14 21.2 -21.0 216 9 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.30 13 400 7516 -24.2 -31.5 51 7.3 -25.5 243 10 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.69 14 350 8475 -31.5 -38.9 48 7.4 -32.4 260 21 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.38 15 300 9548 -39.9 -48.5 40 8.6 -40.5 275 35 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.16 16 250 10765 -49.2 -58.2 34 9.0 -49.4 269 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 17 200 12217 -51.1 -73.7 5 22.7 -51.5 267 30 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 272 21 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 304 15 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.85 m Freezing level: 617.50 mb = 4202.37 m = 13787.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.77 mb = 3699.84 m = 12138.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.30 mb = 2847.24 m = 9341.23 ft T: 11.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.24 mb = 4122.15 m = 13523.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.37 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.49 mb = 3641.23 m = 11946.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 486.49 mb = 6056.76 m = 19871.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.49 mb = 8342.85 m = 27371.21 ft B at Equ Level: 38.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.49 mb = 9855.37 m = 32333.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.3 neg: -20.6 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 6.51 m/s