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: 52.43,-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 106 1 950 556 SFC 903 998 25.5 9.5 36 16.0 15.4 107 3 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.5 8.25 3 900 1031 23.8 8.6 38 15.3 14.4 106 3 306.1 307.5 291.6 329.7 7.80 4 850 1525 19.8 3.0 33 16.8 10.3 151 8 306.9 307.9 290.0 324.0 5.58 5 800 2045 17.9 3.5 38 14.4 9.6 151 10 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.14 6 750 2593 13.6 1.4 43 12.2 6.9 173 10 311.3 312.4 291.4 329.0 5.65 7 700 3169 8.8 -1.9 47 10.7 3.3 198 9 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.2 4.75 8 650 3775 3.0 -5.0 55 8.0 -0.8 224 8 312.4 313.1 290.3 325.2 4.05 9 600 4417 -1.5 -18.2 27 16.6 -7.2 237 7 314.3 314.6 288.5 319.4 1.52 10 550 5104 -5.9 -28.7 15 22.7 -11.7 226 5 317.0 317.2 288.5 319.3 0.65 11 500 5842 -11.4 -34.0 14 22.6 -16.0 226 6 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.43 12 450 6639 -17.8 -38.4 15 20.6 -21.1 245 7 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.0 0.31 13 400 7506 -25.0 -43.7 16 18.7 -27.2 263 8 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.20 14 350 8461 -32.8 -50.1 16 17.2 -34.1 265 11 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.11 15 300 9526 -41.4 -54.9 22 13.5 -42.1 266 16 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.07 16 250 10737 -49.8 -60.8 26 11.0 -50.1 272 28 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12189 -50.2 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.6 276 18 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14053 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 275 16 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16630 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 307 16 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.77 m Freezing level: 616.88 mb = 4200.65 m = 13781.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.76 mb = 3653.36 m = 11985.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.85 mb = 3005.22 m = 9859.53 ft T: 10.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.53 mb = 4160.44 m = 13649.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.15 C Cross Totals Index: 14.34 C K Index: 23.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7133.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.75 mb = 3481.56 m = 11422.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 7.04 m/s