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: 52.43,-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 89 1 950 543 SFC 903 998 29.2 9.8 30 19.4 16.8 133 6 311.4 313.0 293.7 337.5 8.48 3 900 1023 27.7 9.2 31 18.6 16.0 134 6 310.1 311.6 293.0 335.0 8.11 4 850 1524 22.2 7.6 39 14.6 13.2 140 7 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.1 7.73 5 800 2046 17.7 4.3 41 13.4 9.9 183 10 310.0 311.2 291.7 330.2 6.53 6 750 2594 14.0 2.9 47 11.0 7.7 203 11 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.4 6.31 7 700 3171 9.1 -2.8 43 11.9 3.1 217 8 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.6 4.45 8 650 3778 3.3 -5.1 54 8.4 -0.7 230 9 312.7 313.5 290.4 325.5 4.03 9 600 4420 -1.9 -15.5 35 13.6 -6.8 237 8 313.9 314.3 288.8 320.2 1.91 10 550 5105 -6.3 -28.9 15 22.5 -11.9 231 7 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.64 11 500 5843 -11.4 -36.3 11 24.9 -16.2 235 7 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.4 0.34 12 450 6640 -17.6 -41.3 11 23.7 -21.1 234 8 321.1 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.23 13 400 7508 -24.8 -44.9 14 20.0 -27.1 233 10 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.18 14 350 8463 -32.5 -46.0 25 13.4 -33.7 244 15 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.18 15 300 9531 -40.7 -52.6 27 11.8 -41.3 267 27 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.4 0.10 16 250 10747 -48.9 -63.4 17 14.6 -49.3 273 38 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.03 17 200 12200 -49.9 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.4 265 25 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14068 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 271 22 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16648 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 308 15 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.02 m Freezing level: 618.26 mb = 4185.24 m = 13730.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.11 mb = 3663.60 m = 12019.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.73 mb = 3411.25 m = 11191.64 ft T: 6.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.88 mb = 3766.57 m = 12357.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.22 mb = 3429.50 m = 11251.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.22 mb = 4244.88 m = 13926.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.22 mb = 10661.77 m = 34979.15 ft B at Equ Level: 510.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.22 mb = 12424.17 m = 40761.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 44.73 Bulk Shear: 11.58 m/s