MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 110 1 950 559 SFC 903 997 13.4 8.0 70 5.3 10.3 150 4 295.0 296.3 287.6 316.7 7.49 3 900 1027 16.6 7.4 54 9.2 11.3 162 8 298.6 299.9 288.7 319.8 7.19 4 850 1524 22.9 3.0 27 19.9 11.4 193 22 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.58 5 800 2048 19.2 3.0 34 16.1 9.9 205 16 311.6 312.7 291.7 330.2 5.96 6 750 2598 14.3 2.1 44 12.2 7.4 209 11 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.6 5.94 7 700 3174 9.0 -1.1 49 10.0 3.7 220 8 312.4 313.4 291.2 328.3 5.06 8 650 3782 3.4 -2.6 65 6.0 0.4 256 7 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.88 9 600 4424 -2.0 -8.8 60 6.8 -4.9 290 6 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.4 3.28 10 550 5109 -7.1 -12.1 68 5.0 -9.1 288 5 315.6 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.75 11 500 5845 -12.4 -17.1 68 4.8 -13.9 258 7 318.0 318.3 290.2 324.6 2.00 12 450 6642 -17.2 -32.2 26 15.0 -20.1 254 13 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.57 13 400 7512 -24.2 -34.2 39 9.9 -25.8 255 21 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.53 14 350 8471 -30.9 -45.9 22 15.0 -32.3 261 29 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.18 15 300 9547 -39.2 -51.5 26 12.3 -39.9 276 41 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.11 16 250 10769 -49.2 -58.2 34 9.0 -49.5 270 44 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12211 -51.8 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 271 33 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14075 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 279 22 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 310 12 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.94 m Freezing level: 618.30 mb = 4189.12 m = 13743.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.97 mb = 3831.48 m = 12570.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.54 mb = 1693.43 m = 5555.80 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.33 mb = 4221.79 m = 13850.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.23 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8022.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.35 mb = 3528.87 m = 11577.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.3 neg: -7.4 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.81 Bulk Shear: 15.04 m/s