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: 52.43,-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 80 1 950 534 SFC 902 998 29.5 8.9 28 20.6 16.4 171 7 311.7 313.2 293.4 336.3 7.95 3 900 1016 29.0 8.0 27 21.0 15.8 172 7 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.5 7.47 4 850 1519 23.9 6.7 33 17.2 13.4 173 9 311.2 312.6 292.7 333.7 7.27 5 800 2044 18.8 5.9 43 12.9 11.0 173 10 311.2 312.6 292.7 333.8 7.31 6 750 2592 13.6 2.5 47 11.1 7.3 175 10 311.4 312.5 291.8 330.4 6.12 7 700 3169 9.0 -1.4 48 10.4 3.6 208 6 312.4 313.4 291.1 328.0 4.93 8 650 3776 3.4 -4.4 57 7.7 -0.4 238 6 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.25 9 600 4419 -1.8 -11.1 49 9.2 -5.6 270 8 314.0 314.5 289.6 322.8 2.74 10 550 5104 -6.4 -23.4 25 17.0 -11.2 261 9 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.05 11 500 5841 -11.6 -32.8 15 21.2 -16.1 249 8 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.48 12 450 6638 -17.7 -33.4 24 15.8 -20.6 238 9 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.51 13 400 7507 -24.4 -30.4 58 6.0 -25.5 252 13 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.76 14 350 8466 -31.2 -35.0 69 3.8 -31.7 264 26 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.56 15 300 9539 -39.8 -45.6 54 5.7 -40.2 268 41 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.22 16 250 10759 -48.6 -57.2 36 8.7 -48.8 268 53 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12208 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 271 33 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14070 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 278 24 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16647 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 302 14 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.83 m Freezing level: 617.72 mb = 4190.75 m = 13749.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.90 mb = 3714.47 m = 12186.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.27 mb = 3561.05 m = 11683.09 ft T: 5.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.31 mb = 3834.10 m = 12578.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.91 mb = 3651.93 m = 11981.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.91 mb = 4091.92 m = 13424.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.91 mb = 10628.97 m = 34871.53 ft B at Equ Level: 535.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.91 mb = 12374.98 m = 40599.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 84.15 Bulk Shear: 6.40 m/s