MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 111 1 950 560 SFC 911 926 17.3 6.7 50 10.7 11.2 195 5 298.3 299.6 288.2 318.2 6.75 3 900 1034 24.0 6.2 32 17.8 13.4 199 14 306.3 307.5 290.7 326.4 6.64 4 850 1533 22.7 1.0 24 21.7 10.7 193 25 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.0 4.84 5 800 2055 18.1 0.1 30 18.0 8.3 199 22 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.6 4.83 6 750 2602 13.1 -3.5 31 16.6 4.8 205 21 310.8 311.6 289.8 323.3 3.94 7 700 3176 8.5 -4.9 38 13.4 2.0 198 14 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.0 3.80 8 650 3783 2.9 -3.6 62 6.5 -0.3 200 7 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.4 4.50 9 600 4424 -2.2 -8.7 61 6.5 -5.0 253 7 313.5 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.30 10 550 5109 -6.7 -20.8 31 14.2 -11.0 251 8 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.7 1.32 11 500 5846 -12.1 -20.5 50 8.4 -14.6 233 13 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.50 12 450 6643 -17.8 -19.3 88 1.5 -18.3 250 19 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.1 1.84 13 400 7512 -24.0 -28.3 67 4.3 -24.9 261 17 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.1 0.93 14 350 8472 -30.7 -43.1 29 12.3 -32.0 267 25 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.24 15 300 9548 -39.0 -46.1 47 7.1 -39.5 277 41 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.20 16 250 10775 -48.1 -56.7 36 8.6 -48.4 277 66 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12221 -51.3 -73.6 5 22.3 -51.7 275 35 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14081 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 283 23 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 302 18 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.51 m Freezing level: 621.80 mb = 4144.60 m = 13597.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.98 mb = 3707.67 m = 12164.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.72 mb = 2305.51 m = 7563.90 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 2.30 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.37 mb = 4406.13 m = 14455.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.23 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.82 C Cross Totals Index: 13.08 C K Index: 22.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7513.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.31 mb = 3840.57 m = 12600.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -33.2 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 4.83 m/s