MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 116 1 950 563 SFC 911 926 13.7 6.7 63 7.0 9.8 189 5 294.6 295.8 286.8 314.2 6.78 3 900 1033 22.4 3.7 29 18.8 11.8 206 21 304.6 305.7 289.2 321.4 5.53 4 850 1531 22.0 1.2 25 20.9 10.4 198 29 309.2 310.1 290.1 324.4 4.89 5 800 2052 17.7 -0.8 28 18.5 7.9 201 21 310.1 310.9 290.0 324.2 4.51 6 750 2598 13.1 -4.5 29 17.6 4.4 201 17 310.8 311.4 289.5 322.3 3.64 7 700 3173 8.4 -5.4 37 13.8 1.8 192 10 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.64 8 650 3778 2.9 -4.3 59 7.2 -0.6 219 6 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.7 4.27 9 600 4420 -2.6 -3.8 91 1.2 -3.2 262 8 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.3 4.82 10 550 5104 -7.2 -10.5 77 3.3 -8.5 267 9 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.7 3.13 11 500 5841 -12.0 -17.5 64 5.5 -13.8 272 15 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.8 1.93 12 450 6637 -18.0 -20.8 79 2.8 -18.8 252 18 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.62 13 400 7507 -23.4 -36.8 28 13.4 -25.5 249 24 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.41 14 350 8469 -30.5 -42.7 29 12.2 -31.8 258 33 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 15 300 9545 -38.7 -45.8 47 7.1 -39.2 275 45 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10772 -48.6 -54.3 52 5.7 -48.8 273 65 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.10 17 200 12210 -52.6 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.9 271 36 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14068 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 278 23 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16647 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 317 16 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.34 m Freezing level: 623.74 mb = 4115.22 m = 13501.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.00 mb = 3616.46 m = 11864.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.29 mb = 1836.84 m = 6026.30 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.75 mb = 4502.25 m = 14770.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.07 C Cross Totals Index: 13.19 C K Index: 21.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8093.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.16 mb = 3825.82 m = 12551.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: -53.4 tot: -8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 14.98 m/s