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: 52.43,-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 129 1 950 573 SFC 904 998 16.8 8.6 59 8.2 11.9 216 1 298.4 299.8 289.1 321.2 7.78 3 900 1034 15.8 8.1 60 7.7 11.3 209 1 297.8 299.2 288.7 319.9 7.56 4 850 1524 20.0 3.8 34 16.3 10.7 138 8 307.1 308.2 290.3 325.2 5.91 5 800 2044 17.5 4.1 41 13.3 9.7 131 8 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.6 6.44 6 750 2591 13.4 0.7 42 12.7 6.5 160 7 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.8 5.36 7 700 3166 8.4 -0.9 52 9.3 3.5 182 8 311.8 312.7 291.1 327.8 5.11 8 650 3772 2.8 -4.9 57 7.6 -0.9 220 8 312.1 312.9 290.3 325.0 4.10 9 600 4413 -2.1 -14.8 37 12.7 -6.8 257 7 313.7 314.1 288.8 320.3 2.01 10 550 5099 -6.3 -26.7 18 20.5 -11.6 297 5 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.4 0.78 11 500 5836 -11.5 -32.6 16 21.0 -16.0 298 3 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.7 0.49 12 450 6633 -17.9 -35.3 20 17.3 -21.0 288 6 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.42 13 400 7499 -25.2 -40.9 22 15.7 -27.2 294 9 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.2 0.27 14 350 8454 -32.8 -49.1 18 16.3 -34.1 294 15 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.12 15 300 9518 -41.6 -53.9 25 12.3 -42.2 291 20 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.08 16 250 10729 -49.8 -61.3 25 11.4 -50.1 281 29 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.04 17 200 12182 -50.1 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.5 281 22 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14047 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 290 15 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16625 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 301 14 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.21 m Freezing level: 621.57 mb = 4136.47 m = 13570.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.84 mb = 3648.99 m = 11971.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.03 mb = 2043.74 m = 6705.11 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.98 mb = 4022.51 m = 13197.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.20 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.01 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.59 C Cross Totals Index: 15.32 C K Index: 26.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 63.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7132.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.50 mb = 3171.85 m = 10406.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.52 Bulk Shear: 4.83 m/s