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: 52.43,-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 109 1 950 562 SFC 903 998 16.0 11.2 73 4.8 13.0 186 3 297.7 299.4 290.2 324.7 9.28 3 900 1030 18.4 10.9 62 7.4 13.7 201 5 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.4 9.14 4 850 1526 22.0 3.9 31 18.1 11.5 198 17 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.6 5.96 5 800 2048 18.0 2.3 35 15.6 9.2 202 19 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.8 5.65 6 750 2595 13.5 1.6 44 11.9 6.9 207 16 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.0 5.73 7 700 3171 8.6 -0.9 51 9.4 3.6 205 14 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.1 5.14 8 650 3778 3.3 -4.2 58 7.5 -0.3 201 12 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.3 4.31 9 600 4421 -1.6 -10.0 53 8.3 -5.1 207 5 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.9 2.98 10 550 5106 -6.8 -16.4 47 9.5 -10.1 277 3 316.0 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.94 11 500 5843 -11.9 -24.0 36 12.1 -15.2 277 7 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.3 1.10 12 450 6639 -18.2 -22.2 71 3.9 -19.3 264 12 320.4 320.6 290.3 325.3 1.44 13 400 7506 -24.3 -39.8 23 15.5 -26.4 253 17 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.30 14 350 8465 -31.5 -46.3 22 14.8 -32.8 263 27 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.17 15 300 9540 -39.0 -48.5 36 9.5 -39.6 273 45 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 16 250 10766 -48.4 -57.9 32 9.5 -48.7 274 73 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12214 -50.6 -75.0 4 24.4 -51.0 276 34 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14080 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 285 20 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16657 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 307 16 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.55 m Freezing level: 616.64 mb = 4206.79 m = 13801.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.19 mb = 3725.17 m = 12221.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.72 mb = 1620.79 m = 5317.47 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.05 mb = 4015.42 m = 13173.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.52 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.83 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 390.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.82 mb = 3314.75 m = 10875.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.82 mb = 6426.65 m = 21084.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.82 mb = 7274.10 m = 23864.85 ft B at Equ Level: 47.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.82 mb = 8816.21 m = 28924.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -12.0 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.41 Bulk Shear: 2.03 m/s