MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 119 1 950 568 SFC 912 926 17.1 6.0 48 11.1 10.8 165 6 298.0 299.2 287.8 317.0 6.45 3 900 1043 25.7 4.2 25 21.4 13.2 176 22 308.0 309.0 290.5 325.7 5.75 4 850 1543 22.6 2.0 26 20.6 11.0 183 20 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.0 5.20 5 800 2065 17.8 0.9 32 16.9 8.5 193 18 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.0 5.11 6 750 2611 12.6 -0.4 41 13.0 5.7 200 18 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.7 4.96 7 700 3184 7.7 -2.5 49 10.2 2.5 201 11 311.0 311.8 290.3 325.2 4.55 8 650 3789 2.5 -6.7 50 9.2 -1.7 220 3 311.8 312.5 289.7 323.1 3.55 9 600 4430 -2.0 -17.1 31 15.1 -7.2 304 3 313.8 314.1 288.5 319.3 1.67 10 550 5115 -6.4 -28.9 15 22.6 -12.0 261 2 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.64 11 500 5852 -11.5 -36.2 11 24.6 -16.3 192 4 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.35 12 450 6650 -16.9 -41.6 10 24.7 -20.7 225 8 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 13 400 7522 -23.8 -30.9 52 7.2 -25.1 259 14 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.7 0.72 14 350 8482 -30.7 -45.4 22 14.7 -32.1 274 21 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 15 300 9557 -39.8 -50.2 32 10.4 -40.5 278 30 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 16 250 10775 -49.0 -60.4 25 11.3 -49.4 271 40 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.04 17 200 12223 -51.7 -74.2 5 22.5 -52.1 272 31 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14080 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 274 22 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16656 -58.2 -85.5 2 27.4 -58.5 312 14 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.81 m Freezing level: 622.38 mb = 4142.81 m = 13591.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.90 mb = 3542.59 m = 11622.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.30 mb = 2362.89 m = 7752.18 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.68 mb = 4473.51 m = 14676.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.12 C Cross Totals Index: 13.53 C K Index: 25.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7840.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.45 mb = 3894.68 m = 12777.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.1 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 230.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.5 neg: -10.4 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 17.75 m/s