MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 27 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 130 1 950 571 SFC 911 926 8.2 8.0 99 0.2 8.1 325 2 289.0 290.3 285.3 309.9 7.42 3 900 1029 15.0 6.5 57 8.5 10.2 125 7 296.9 298.2 287.6 316.6 6.73 4 850 1521 20.8 2.9 31 17.9 10.7 145 9 307.9 309.0 290.3 325.0 5.55 5 800 2042 18.1 3.2 37 14.9 9.6 177 6 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.04 6 750 2590 13.1 0.6 42 12.6 6.3 199 6 310.8 311.9 291.0 327.4 5.32 7 700 3164 8.0 -2.4 48 10.4 2.7 249 4 311.3 312.2 290.5 325.7 4.57 8 650 3768 2.1 -2.8 70 4.9 -0.3 287 5 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.4 4.80 9 600 4409 -3.0 -9.4 61 6.4 -5.7 298 9 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.13 10 550 5092 -6.9 -24.6 23 17.7 -11.8 314 9 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.1 0.94 11 500 5829 -11.7 -35.3 12 23.6 -16.3 322 9 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.2 0.38 12 450 6625 -18.0 -36.8 17 18.9 -21.1 318 10 320.7 320.7 289.3 322.0 0.36 13 400 7491 -25.4 -41.2 21 15.9 -27.3 317 13 322.0 322.1 289.6 323.0 0.26 14 350 8444 -33.5 -49.5 18 16.1 -34.7 314 18 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.12 15 300 9507 -41.4 -56.0 19 14.7 -42.0 297 27 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.06 16 250 10722 -48.7 -62.6 18 13.9 -49.1 286 35 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.03 17 200 12180 -50.3 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.8 281 25 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14046 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 289 19 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16625 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 309 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.83 m Freezing level: 629.08 mb = 4036.23 m = 13242.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.01 mb = 3705.74 m = 12157.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.78 mb = 946.19 m = 3104.24 ft T: 9.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.48 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.73 mb = 4047.17 m = 13277.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.54 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 14.57 C K Index: 24.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7889.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.77 mb = 3166.26 m = 10387.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 26.89 m/s