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: 52.43,-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 128 1 950 570 SFC 903 998 9.8 8.1 89 1.7 8.8 225 1 291.3 292.6 286.3 312.7 7.51 3 900 1030 12.3 8.0 75 4.3 9.8 203 1 294.2 295.5 287.3 315.8 7.47 4 850 1519 20.0 4.9 37 15.1 11.2 146 8 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.5 6.39 5 800 2039 17.1 5.1 45 12.0 10.1 157 6 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.7 6.92 6 750 2585 13.1 1.7 46 11.4 6.8 190 6 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.8 5.79 7 700 3160 8.2 -1.5 50 9.7 3.2 188 5 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.0 4.90 8 650 3766 2.6 -3.0 66 5.6 -0.2 230 5 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.7 4.71 9 600 4407 -2.6 -10.5 55 7.8 -5.8 268 8 313.1 313.6 289.5 322.3 2.87 10 550 5091 -6.7 -24.7 22 18.0 -11.6 291 9 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.94 11 500 5828 -11.6 -32.5 16 20.9 -16.0 309 7 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.7 0.50 12 450 6625 -17.9 -33.8 24 15.9 -20.8 307 9 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.49 13 400 7491 -25.4 -39.8 25 14.4 -27.2 303 11 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.30 14 350 8444 -33.1 -48.0 21 14.9 -34.3 313 17 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 15 300 9507 -41.8 -53.7 26 11.9 -42.4 299 23 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.09 16 250 10719 -49.2 -62.5 20 13.3 -49.6 285 31 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.03 17 200 12177 -49.9 -73.4 5 23.5 -50.4 279 22 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14044 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 286 18 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16625 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 308 16 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.28 m Freezing level: 625.27 mb = 4082.71 m = 13394.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.16 mb = 3726.18 m = 12224.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.38 mb = 1218.57 m = 3997.87 ft T: 15.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.19 mb = 3862.58 m = 12672.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.53 C Cross Totals Index: 16.45 C K Index: 26.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7456.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.16 mb = 2946.85 m = 9668.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -6.0 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.30 Bulk Shear: 10.57 m/s