MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 121 1 950 564 SFC 911 925 10.9 6.1 72 4.8 8.3 179 6 291.7 292.8 285.4 310.3 6.50 3 900 1036 24.0 2.0 24 22.0 11.7 205 24 306.2 307.1 289.2 321.3 4.91 4 850 1534 22.1 0.9 25 21.2 10.4 201 22 309.3 310.2 290.0 324.3 4.82 5 800 2055 17.5 -1.0 28 18.5 7.8 200 17 309.8 310.7 289.9 323.8 4.45 6 750 2601 13.2 -3.4 31 16.5 4.8 207 10 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.4 3.97 7 700 3175 7.9 -2.6 47 10.5 2.7 221 3 311.3 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.53 8 650 3780 2.8 -7.0 49 9.8 -1.7 317 3 312.1 312.8 289.7 323.2 3.48 9 600 4422 -2.4 -6.3 75 3.9 -4.1 327 7 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.1 3.99 10 550 5106 -7.1 -19.7 36 12.6 -11.1 285 4 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.5 1.46 11 500 5842 -11.7 -31.7 17 20.0 -16.0 246 7 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.7 0.54 12 450 6640 -16.9 -33.2 23 16.4 -20.0 265 13 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.52 13 400 7512 -23.8 -30.1 56 6.3 -25.0 268 22 324.1 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.79 14 350 8474 -30.4 -41.2 34 10.9 -31.6 263 29 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.30 15 300 9550 -39.1 -46.8 44 7.6 -39.6 276 35 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 16 250 10771 -49.5 -53.3 65 3.8 -49.7 267 51 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12208 -52.5 -71.8 8 19.3 -52.8 269 32 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14067 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 283 22 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 312 13 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.12 m Freezing level: 623.14 mb = 4124.74 m = 13532.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.16 mb = 3542.86 m = 11623.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.80 mb = 1555.94 m = 5104.72 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.84 mb = 4663.36 m = 15299.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.80 C Cross Totals Index: 12.64 C K Index: 24.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 63.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8041.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.03 mb = 3941.63 m = 12931.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -41.2 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 25.63 m/s