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: 52.43,-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 111 1 950 560 SFC 903 998 13.5 11.4 87 2.1 12.3 158 3 295.2 296.9 289.5 322.4 9.44 3 900 1027 16.3 11.5 73 4.8 13.3 171 4 298.3 300.0 290.6 326.1 9.54 4 850 1523 22.3 -0.3 22 22.6 10.1 196 19 309.5 310.3 289.8 323.3 4.42 5 800 2045 18.3 0.0 29 18.3 8.4 207 16 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.79 6 750 2593 13.7 1.0 42 12.7 6.8 223 10 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.6 5.48 7 700 3168 8.7 -0.9 51 9.5 3.7 249 9 312.1 313.1 291.2 328.2 5.13 8 650 3775 3.4 -3.1 63 6.5 0.1 271 10 312.8 313.6 291.0 327.5 4.68 9 600 4418 -1.7 -10.1 53 8.3 -5.2 299 7 314.1 314.7 289.9 323.7 2.97 10 550 5104 -7.1 -12.6 65 5.4 -9.2 292 9 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.2 2.64 11 500 5839 -12.6 -16.9 70 4.3 -14.0 277 10 317.7 318.1 290.1 324.5 2.04 12 450 6633 -18.7 -26.2 52 7.5 -20.4 261 13 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.2 1.00 13 400 7501 -23.8 -50.9 6 27.0 -26.5 257 22 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.09 14 350 8462 -30.7 -48.5 16 17.8 -32.3 259 34 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 15 300 9538 -39.0 -48.9 35 9.8 -39.7 269 47 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 16 250 10763 -48.6 -56.6 39 8.0 -48.9 272 65 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12206 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 270 33 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14067 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 279 21 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16649 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 318 16 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.47 m Freezing level: 616.91 mb = 4201.05 m = 13782.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.72 mb = 3791.35 m = 12438.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.29 mb = 1268.40 m = 4161.36 ft T: 19.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.32 mb = 4320.98 m = 14176.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.86 C Cross Totals Index: 12.31 C K Index: 25.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8429.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.63 mb = 3519.55 m = 11546.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.60 Bulk Shear: 15.21 m/s