MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 86 1 950 542 SFC 910 928 29.8 6.1 22 23.7 15.4 185 12 311.3 312.5 292.1 331.4 6.48 3 900 1024 28.5 5.1 22 23.5 14.5 186 14 310.9 312.1 291.7 329.9 6.11 4 850 1526 23.5 3.5 27 20.0 11.9 187 16 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.8 5.80 5 800 2049 18.4 2.8 35 15.6 9.5 189 17 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.0 5.87 6 750 2597 13.7 -2.6 32 16.2 5.4 198 16 311.4 312.2 290.2 324.7 4.22 7 700 3172 8.7 -3.4 42 12.1 2.7 209 9 312.1 312.9 290.5 325.6 4.25 8 650 3779 3.1 -3.8 61 6.9 -0.3 269 4 312.5 313.3 290.7 326.5 4.45 9 600 4421 -2.2 -15.0 37 12.8 -6.8 287 6 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.1 1.99 10 550 5106 -6.1 -30.5 13 24.4 -11.9 264 5 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.8 0.55 11 500 5844 -11.1 -39.6 8 28.4 -16.2 249 6 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.25 12 450 6642 -17.4 -42.2 10 24.8 -21.0 244 8 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.21 13 400 7512 -24.4 -35.5 35 11.2 -26.1 257 13 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.46 14 350 8469 -31.6 -43.8 29 12.2 -32.8 274 23 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.23 15 300 9542 -39.2 -43.9 61 4.7 -39.6 282 35 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.26 16 250 10766 -48.6 -53.6 56 5.0 -48.8 274 50 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12214 -51.3 -74.5 5 23.2 -51.7 272 32 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14073 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 282 25 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16647 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 302 15 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.67 m Freezing level: 620.66 mb = 4155.42 m = 13633.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.66 mb = 3720.38 m = 12205.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 642.54 mb = 3871.43 m = 12701.40 ft T: 2.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.38 mb = 4243.76 m = 13922.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.68 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.10 mb = 3977.45 m = 13049.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 469.10 mb = 6327.64 m = 20759.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.10 mb = 8689.56 m = 28508.71 ft B at Equ Level: 39.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.10 mb = 9790.57 m = 32120.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.42 Bulk Shear: 9.17 m/s