MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 101 1 950 554 SFC 911 927 22.4 6.3 35 16.1 12.9 184 5 303.6 304.8 289.8 323.3 6.57 3 900 1032 27.1 4.1 23 23.0 13.6 197 16 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.1 5.70 4 850 1533 23.1 1.5 24 21.5 11.0 200 20 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.0 5.03 5 800 2056 18.2 0.6 31 17.5 8.6 202 20 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.1 5.01 6 750 2603 13.5 -4.1 29 17.6 4.7 208 18 311.2 311.9 289.7 323.1 3.75 7 700 3178 8.7 -4.1 40 12.8 2.4 207 12 312.1 312.9 290.2 324.9 4.02 8 650 3784 3.0 -3.7 61 6.7 -0.3 221 4 312.3 313.2 290.7 326.4 4.47 9 600 4426 -2.6 -11.5 50 8.9 -6.1 266 4 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.6 2.63 10 550 5110 -6.6 -28.2 16 21.6 -12.1 242 5 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.6 0.68 11 500 5847 -11.6 -38.9 8 27.4 -16.4 209 7 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.26 12 450 6644 -17.9 -36.9 17 19.0 -21.1 208 10 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.36 13 400 7512 -24.1 -26.6 79 2.5 -24.6 232 11 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.5 1.08 14 350 8473 -30.8 -33.7 76 2.8 -31.3 268 17 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 15 300 9547 -39.8 -43.0 71 3.2 -40.1 271 29 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.29 16 250 10767 -48.7 -53.7 56 5.0 -48.9 276 65 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.10 17 200 12218 -49.5 -78.0 2 28.5 -50.0 275 28 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.00 18 150 14080 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 287 25 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 295 15 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.83 m Freezing level: 623.50 mb = 4124.30 m = 13531.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.12 mb = 3720.24 m = 12205.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.91 mb = 2979.11 m = 9773.87 ft T: 10.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.03 mb = 4412.04 m = 14475.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.63 C Cross Totals Index: 13.08 C K Index: 23.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6807.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.57 mb = 4053.10 m = 13297.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.7 neg: -13.9 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s