MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1 950 561 SFC 911 925 12.1 5.4 64 6.7 8.5 188 6 292.9 294.0 285.6 310.8 6.18 3 900 1031 23.1 2.9 26 20.3 11.7 204 26 305.4 306.3 289.2 321.3 5.22 4 850 1529 21.8 1.2 26 20.6 10.4 197 26 308.9 309.9 290.0 324.1 4.90 5 800 2049 17.4 -0.8 29 18.2 7.8 194 19 309.7 310.5 289.9 323.8 4.51 6 750 2595 13.1 -6.8 24 19.9 3.8 188 13 310.8 311.4 288.9 320.6 3.07 7 700 3169 8.1 -6.6 35 14.7 1.3 184 9 311.5 312.1 289.4 322.1 3.33 8 650 3774 2.8 -4.0 61 6.9 -0.4 246 4 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.0 4.37 9 600 4416 -2.9 -5.8 80 3.0 -4.3 298 8 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.9 4.12 10 550 5099 -7.2 -16.1 49 8.9 -10.2 304 9 315.5 315.9 289.4 322.1 1.98 11 500 5835 -12.4 -16.0 75 3.5 -13.6 283 13 317.9 318.3 290.3 325.2 2.20 12 450 6630 -18.4 -22.2 72 3.7 -19.4 264 22 320.1 320.3 290.3 325.0 1.44 13 400 7500 -23.6 -34.1 37 10.5 -25.4 261 31 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.53 14 350 8462 -30.6 -42.0 32 11.4 -31.8 262 36 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.27 15 300 9537 -39.0 -47.3 41 8.3 -39.6 271 46 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.18 16 250 10762 -48.8 -55.6 45 6.8 -49.0 276 63 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12205 -51.2 -77.9 3 26.7 -51.6 270 36 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 18 150 14068 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 284 24 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16644 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 320 16 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.74 m Freezing level: 625.14 mb = 4093.26 m = 13429.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.77 mb = 3615.47 m = 11861.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.45 mb = 1801.20 m = 5909.39 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.77 mb = 4510.81 m = 14799.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.19 C Cross Totals Index: 13.60 C K Index: 20.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8628.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.33 mb = 3857.01 m = 12654.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -28.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -82.8 tot: -27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 28.33 m/s