MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 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 133 1 950 577 SFC 911 928 13.3 8.8 74 4.5 10.7 236 1 294.2 295.6 287.6 316.7 7.83 3 900 1035 14.4 6.5 59 7.9 9.9 174 3 296.3 297.5 287.4 316.0 6.75 4 850 1526 20.8 2.5 30 18.3 10.6 147 8 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.40 5 800 2047 18.1 3.0 36 15.1 9.5 152 6 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.94 6 750 2595 13.6 0.0 39 13.5 6.3 183 6 311.3 312.3 290.9 327.3 5.11 7 700 3169 8.1 -2.2 48 10.4 2.9 208 5 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.1 4.64 8 650 3775 2.4 -3.5 65 5.9 -0.5 232 7 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.9 4.54 9 600 4415 -2.7 -11.8 49 9.1 -6.2 275 8 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.4 2.58 10 550 5099 -6.5 -27.9 16 21.4 -11.9 315 6 316.3 316.5 288.3 318.8 0.70 11 500 5837 -11.7 -32.8 16 21.1 -16.1 320 6 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.5 0.48 12 450 6633 -18.0 -34.4 23 16.3 -21.0 315 8 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.2 0.46 13 400 7499 -25.3 -40.8 22 15.5 -27.3 312 12 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.27 14 350 8453 -32.8 -49.2 18 16.4 -34.1 316 18 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.12 15 300 9518 -41.5 -54.5 23 13.1 -42.1 296 26 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.08 16 250 10731 -49.2 -61.0 24 11.8 -49.5 285 35 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 17 200 12186 -50.3 -75.0 4 24.7 -50.8 285 23 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14049 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 292 16 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16623 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 300 16 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.95 m Freezing level: 626.47 mb = 4076.00 m = 13372.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.47 mb = 3681.33 m = 12077.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.95 mb = 1505.87 m = 4940.45 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.85 mb = 4115.99 m = 13503.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.53 C Cross Totals Index: 14.22 C K Index: 24.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8061.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.15 mb = 3190.99 m = 10469.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.80 Bulk Shear: 9.33 m/s