MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 106 1 950 558 SFC 904 998 26.5 12.7 42 13.8 17.4 335 3 308.5 310.4 294.2 339.6 10.25 3 900 1035 24.8 11.9 44 12.9 16.4 338 3 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.6 9.76 4 850 1531 19.5 10.6 56 9.0 13.8 343 4 306.6 308.4 293.1 335.2 9.46 5 800 2050 17.0 2.5 38 14.6 8.9 260 2 309.3 310.4 290.9 327.0 5.73 6 750 2597 13.1 0.7 43 12.4 6.3 241 3 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.6 5.38 7 700 3171 8.3 0.1 56 8.2 3.9 279 2 311.7 312.8 291.4 329.0 5.52 8 650 3778 2.9 -2.4 68 5.4 0.3 284 4 312.3 313.2 291.1 327.8 4.92 9 600 4419 -2.6 -7.6 68 5.0 -4.8 284 5 313.1 313.8 290.2 324.6 3.59 10 550 5103 -7.2 -19.5 37 12.2 -11.1 300 7 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.5 1.49 11 500 5838 -12.6 -30.8 20 18.2 -16.5 314 9 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.8 0.59 12 450 6632 -18.7 -40.2 13 21.5 -21.9 313 12 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.7 0.26 13 400 7498 -24.6 -50.8 7 26.2 -27.1 309 15 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.09 14 350 8455 -31.8 -50.8 13 19.0 -33.3 283 25 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.3 0.10 15 300 9526 -39.7 -55.7 17 16.0 -40.5 268 42 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.07 16 250 10749 -47.7 -65.1 12 17.4 -48.2 267 42 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.02 17 200 12204 -50.9 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.4 278 34 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14071 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 300 19 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 306 13 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.48 m Freezing level: 623.44 mb = 4118.44 m = 13511.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.48 mb = 3808.82 m = 12495.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.93 mb = 2731.80 m = 8962.48 ft T: 11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.42 mb = 3427.65 m = 11245.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.13 mb = 2900.61 m = 9516.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.13 mb = 3925.41 m = 12878.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.13 mb = 10279.38 m = 33724.59 ft B at Equ Level: 647.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.13 mb = 12601.27 m = 41342.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.0 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 333.0 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 366.18 Bulk Shear: 1.77 m/s