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: 52.43,-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 120 1 950 567 SFC 904 998 18.5 11.7 65 6.8 14.2 295 3 300.2 301.9 291.3 328.4 9.60 3 900 1034 18.0 11.2 65 6.7 13.8 299 3 300.0 301.7 291.0 327.5 9.34 4 850 1527 20.7 4.8 35 15.8 11.4 266 3 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.3 6.37 5 800 2047 17.8 2.0 35 15.8 8.9 209 5 310.1 311.2 290.9 327.3 5.53 6 750 2594 13.5 0.9 42 12.6 6.6 208 4 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.2 5.44 7 700 3170 8.4 -0.1 55 8.6 3.9 244 2 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.7 5.41 8 650 3776 2.8 -1.6 73 4.4 0.5 274 4 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.5 5.23 9 600 4418 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.7 -3.9 270 5 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.6 4.29 10 550 5101 -7.7 -14.0 60 6.3 -10.0 279 7 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.6 2.35 11 500 5835 -12.7 -24.9 35 12.2 -15.8 298 9 317.5 317.7 289.0 321.0 1.01 12 450 6629 -18.5 -38.5 15 20.1 -21.6 296 14 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.30 13 400 7495 -24.7 -49.9 8 25.1 -27.2 284 22 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.2 0.10 14 350 8453 -31.4 -49.9 14 18.5 -32.9 271 36 326.4 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.11 15 300 9527 -39.6 -53.8 21 14.2 -40.4 267 48 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10748 -48.3 -65.2 12 16.9 -48.7 272 48 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.02 17 200 12200 -51.1 -74.6 4 23.5 -51.5 274 33 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14063 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 296 21 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 327 13 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.09 m Freezing level: 624.42 mb = 4104.11 m = 13464.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.86 mb = 3851.98 m = 12637.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.39 mb = 1862.51 m = 6110.51 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.13 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.12 mb = 3836.31 m = 12586.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.40 C Cross Totals Index: 17.56 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 354.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.42 mb = 3152.67 m = 10343.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.42 mb = 5151.33 m = 16900.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.42 mb = 7743.18 m = 25403.82 ft B at Equ Level: 66.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.42 mb = 9155.88 m = 30038.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -3.4 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 54.52 Bulk Shear: 1.24 m/s