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: 52.43,-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 113 1 950 563 SFC 904 997 16.9 7.8 55 9.1 11.6 153 5 298.6 299.9 288.8 320.3 7.38 3 900 1035 20.6 7.8 44 12.8 12.9 166 10 302.7 304.1 290.2 324.9 7.40 4 850 1534 22.6 2.2 26 20.4 11.0 185 24 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.1 5.26 5 800 2057 18.6 -1.5 26 20.1 8.0 188 22 311.0 311.8 290.1 324.5 4.29 6 750 2605 13.9 -2.2 33 16.1 5.6 194 15 311.7 312.5 290.4 325.4 4.34 7 700 3180 8.7 -2.0 47 10.7 3.2 200 11 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.0 4.72 8 650 3787 3.1 -2.5 67 5.6 0.3 230 8 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.91 9 600 4429 -2.1 -4.4 84 2.4 -3.2 256 7 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.2 4.59 10 550 5115 -7.4 -8.6 91 1.2 -7.9 256 6 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.9 3.62 11 500 5851 -12.2 -16.3 72 4.0 -13.6 241 6 318.1 318.6 290.3 325.3 2.15 12 450 6647 -17.6 -21.9 69 4.3 -18.8 242 8 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.47 13 400 7516 -24.5 -32.5 48 7.9 -25.9 257 14 323.1 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.63 14 350 8475 -30.9 -45.3 23 14.3 -32.3 266 23 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 15 300 9550 -39.9 -49.7 34 9.8 -40.5 274 36 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 16 250 10767 -49.0 -59.3 29 10.3 -49.3 276 40 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12216 -51.5 -73.6 5 22.1 -51.9 268 31 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 275 22 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16656 -58.0 -85.4 2 27.4 -58.4 316 14 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.88 m Freezing level: 619.99 mb = 4172.70 m = 13689.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3842.19 m = 12605.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.05 mb = 2173.54 m = 7130.94 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.63 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.69 mb = 4367.02 m = 14327.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.78 C Cross Totals Index: 14.38 C K Index: 26.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7765.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.67 mb = 3753.55 m = 12314.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.1 neg: -9.1 tot: 56.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.60 Bulk Shear: 10.36 m/s