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: 52.43,-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 102 1 950 558 SFC 903 998 20.1 11.6 58 8.5 14.7 241 6 301.9 303.7 291.7 330.2 9.55 3 900 1029 21.0 11.3 54 9.7 14.8 246 8 303.2 304.9 292.0 331.2 9.40 4 850 1525 21.8 5.8 35 16.0 12.3 229 12 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.0 6.83 5 800 2047 18.4 2.8 35 15.7 9.5 203 12 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.9 5.84 6 750 2595 14.1 -0.6 36 14.7 6.2 194 12 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.2 4.88 7 700 3172 9.2 -2.3 45 11.4 3.3 182 12 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.2 4.63 8 650 3779 3.6 -3.7 59 7.4 0.0 180 10 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.2 4.47 9 600 4423 -1.4 -12.9 41 11.5 -5.9 225 4 314.5 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.36 10 550 5109 -6.8 -17.7 42 10.9 -10.4 224 5 316.0 316.4 289.3 321.8 1.73 11 500 5845 -12.3 -20.2 52 7.9 -14.6 200 5 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.3 1.54 12 450 6641 -18.0 -24.5 57 6.5 -19.6 262 5 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.6 1.16 13 400 7509 -24.0 -26.9 77 2.9 -24.6 261 15 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.5 1.05 14 350 8470 -30.9 -33.7 76 2.9 -31.3 243 25 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.4 0.63 15 300 9543 -39.6 -47.3 44 7.7 -40.1 266 38 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 16 250 10765 -49.0 -56.8 40 7.8 -49.3 269 60 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.07 17 200 12211 -50.7 -75.3 4 24.6 -51.1 275 36 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14077 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 284 22 378.3 378.3 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 299 15 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.02 m Freezing level: 614.03 mb = 4242.27 m = 13918.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.83 mb = 3781.53 m = 12406.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.43 mb = 2085.22 m = 6841.18 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.97 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.02 mb = 3891.34 m = 12766.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.38 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.80 mb = 3268.51 m = 10723.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.80 mb = 5012.13 m = 16443.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.80 mb = 8533.82 m = 27997.74 ft B at Equ Level: 148.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.80 mb = 11116.54 m = 36471.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -26.4 tot: -25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 49.46 Bulk Shear: 3.01 m/s