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: 52.43,-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 114 1 950 561 SFC 903 997 11.1 6.9 75 4.2 8.8 181 3 292.7 293.9 286.2 312.6 6.94 3 900 1027 14.7 6.6 58 8.1 10.2 203 5 296.7 297.9 287.6 316.6 6.82 4 850 1524 22.8 3.5 28 19.3 11.6 236 11 310.0 311.1 291.1 327.9 5.78 5 800 2047 18.9 2.3 33 16.7 9.5 241 7 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.64 6 750 2596 14.3 0.5 39 13.8 6.8 243 5 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.7 5.29 7 700 3172 8.8 -0.5 52 9.3 3.9 262 4 312.3 313.3 291.4 328.8 5.28 8 650 3779 3.2 -2.5 66 5.7 0.3 286 6 312.5 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.89 9 600 4422 -2.2 -8.8 60 6.6 -5.0 293 7 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.28 10 550 5106 -7.7 -14.4 58 6.8 -10.1 282 4 315.0 315.4 289.5 322.5 2.28 11 500 5840 -12.3 -24.0 37 11.7 -15.4 258 7 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.8 1.09 12 450 6637 -17.4 -27.7 40 10.3 -19.7 259 15 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.5 0.87 13 400 7507 -24.1 -31.5 50 7.4 -25.5 270 24 323.6 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.68 14 350 8468 -30.7 -43.0 29 12.3 -32.0 263 34 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.24 15 300 9543 -39.3 -49.7 32 10.4 -40.0 275 39 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10763 -49.7 -56.9 42 7.3 -49.9 265 39 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 17 200 12202 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.2 268 32 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14066 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 282 20 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16644 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 314 12 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.25 m Freezing level: 620.48 mb = 4158.81 m = 13644.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.07 mb = 3815.75 m = 12518.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.53 mb = 1548.71 m = 5081.02 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 0.23 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.92 mb = 4211.80 m = 13818.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.10 C = 87.99 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.79 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7751.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.56 mb = 3475.69 m = 11403.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.27 Bulk Shear: 3.06 m/s