MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 112 1 950 563 SFC 911 928 25.2 9.1 36 16.1 15.2 150 5 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.7 8.01 3 900 1036 22.6 8.1 39 14.5 13.8 153 5 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.6 7.56 4 850 1530 20.8 2.8 30 18.0 10.7 209 15 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.0 5.53 5 800 2051 18.1 0.3 30 17.8 8.4 206 16 310.4 311.4 290.5 325.7 4.87 6 750 2598 13.5 1.0 43 12.5 6.6 199 13 311.2 312.3 291.2 328.4 5.50 7 700 3173 8.4 -1.1 51 9.5 3.5 197 10 311.8 312.8 291.0 327.7 5.05 8 650 3779 2.8 -3.7 62 6.5 -0.4 226 9 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.47 9 600 4420 -2.3 -13.7 41 11.4 -6.6 261 8 313.4 313.9 288.9 320.7 2.21 10 550 5106 -6.1 -28.9 15 22.8 -11.8 272 4 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.64 11 500 5844 -11.4 -32.8 15 21.4 -15.9 278 5 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.48 12 450 6641 -17.7 -35.4 20 17.7 -20.8 290 8 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.42 13 400 7508 -24.9 -42.4 18 17.4 -27.1 292 11 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.5 0.23 14 350 8463 -32.7 -49.6 17 16.9 -34.0 291 14 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.12 15 300 9529 -41.3 -54.6 22 13.3 -41.9 285 21 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.08 16 250 10742 -49.5 -60.6 26 11.1 -49.8 280 32 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 17 200 12194 -50.3 -74.5 4 24.2 -50.8 279 19 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 276 17 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16631 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 310 16 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.12 m Freezing level: 622.68 mb = 4129.59 m = 13548.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.05 mb = 3715.98 m = 12191.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.11 mb = 2948.65 m = 9673.95 ft T: 10.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.07 mb = 4131.03 m = 13553.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.69 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.21 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7634.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.95 mb = 3519.79 m = 11547.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -14.9 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 6.11 m/s