MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 94 1 950 549 SFC 910 928 30.4 7.8 24 22.5 16.3 184 11 311.8 313.2 292.9 334.4 7.31 3 900 1030 27.8 6.6 26 21.2 14.8 186 12 310.2 311.4 292.0 331.1 6.80 4 850 1531 22.7 5.3 32 17.4 12.3 189 14 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.2 6.58 5 800 2053 17.6 3.5 39 14.1 9.5 194 16 309.9 311.1 291.4 329.0 6.17 6 750 2600 13.6 -3.7 30 17.2 4.9 209 18 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.5 3.88 7 700 3174 8.5 -2.6 46 11.1 2.9 208 12 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.1 4.52 8 650 3781 2.9 -3.1 65 5.9 -0.0 229 8 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.0 4.70 9 600 4422 -2.5 -11.6 49 9.1 -6.1 267 7 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.7 2.62 10 550 5107 -6.4 -28.4 16 22.0 -11.9 265 4 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.9 0.67 11 500 5845 -11.2 -35.5 11 24.3 -16.0 273 4 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.7 0.37 12 450 6643 -17.5 -38.6 14 21.1 -20.9 275 7 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.30 13 400 7511 -24.5 -44.7 14 20.2 -26.8 267 10 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.18 14 350 8467 -32.3 -47.8 20 15.5 -33.6 262 15 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 15 300 9536 -40.6 -52.4 27 11.8 -41.2 275 28 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.10 16 250 10753 -48.8 -63.0 18 14.3 -49.1 279 39 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 12206 -50.2 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.7 267 25 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14071 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 274 22 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16646 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 306 16 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.15 m Freezing level: 623.16 mb = 4125.01 m = 13533.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.66 mb = 3772.47 m = 12376.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.78 mb = 3720.87 m = 12207.44 ft T: 3.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.98 mb = 3980.68 m = 13059.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.86 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 28.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.88 mb = 3707.09 m = 12162.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.88 mb = 4410.30 m = 14469.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.88 mb = 9975.16 m = 32726.50 ft B at Equ Level: 186.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.88 mb = 11270.71 m = 36976.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -8.9 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 28.26 Bulk Shear: 6.77 m/s