MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 121 1 950 567 SFC 911 927 20.2 6.1 40 14.1 12.1 195 7 301.3 302.5 288.9 320.7 6.50 3 900 1036 22.0 2.7 28 19.3 11.3 205 20 304.2 305.2 288.7 319.9 5.18 4 850 1533 21.5 1.1 26 20.5 10.3 198 23 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.8 4.86 5 800 2053 16.9 -0.1 31 17.0 7.8 194 21 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.9 4.74 6 750 2598 12.5 -6.2 27 18.6 3.7 190 13 310.1 310.7 288.8 320.3 3.21 7 700 3171 8.2 -8.8 29 17.0 0.7 184 7 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.5 2.81 8 650 3776 2.8 -4.4 59 7.3 -0.7 272 3 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.5 4.23 9 600 4417 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -4.8 325 6 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.4 3.57 10 550 5101 -7.4 -13.9 60 6.4 -9.8 317 8 315.2 315.7 289.7 323.0 2.38 11 500 5836 -12.9 -17.5 68 4.6 -14.3 280 11 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.94 12 450 6630 -17.9 -33.1 25 15.2 -20.8 281 16 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.52 13 400 7500 -23.7 -46.0 11 22.3 -26.2 275 27 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.15 14 350 8462 -30.4 -43.3 27 12.9 -31.7 266 39 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.24 15 300 9539 -39.0 -49.9 30 11.0 -39.6 265 50 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 16 250 10762 -48.8 -58.2 33 9.4 -49.1 271 53 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12205 -51.6 -76.2 4 24.7 -52.0 271 37 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14064 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 294 23 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16639 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 325 13 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.01 m Freezing level: 624.36 mb = 4105.13 m = 13468.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.35 mb = 3463.70 m = 11363.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.60 mb = 2725.00 m = 8940.17 ft T: 11.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.80 mb = 4525.66 m = 14847.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.44 C Cross Totals Index: 13.96 C K Index: 18.55 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8359.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.20 mb = 3835.68 m = 12584.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -64.7 tot: -31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 18.82 m/s