MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 95 1 950 551 SFC 911 928 30.5 4.8 20 25.7 15.1 202 10 311.9 313.0 291.8 330.4 5.92 3 900 1032 27.9 3.3 21 24.6 13.6 203 11 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.1 5.41 4 850 1533 22.8 2.3 26 20.5 11.2 205 11 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.32 5 800 2055 17.7 1.3 33 16.3 8.6 206 11 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.3 5.27 6 750 2601 12.4 0.4 44 12.0 5.9 208 11 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.3 5.25 7 700 3173 8.1 -10.1 26 18.2 0.3 258 4 311.5 311.9 288.6 319.6 2.53 8 650 3779 3.0 -4.1 59 7.1 -0.4 324 4 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.1 4.34 9 600 4421 -2.5 -6.3 75 3.8 -4.2 335 6 313.3 314.0 290.6 326.0 3.99 10 550 5105 -7.5 -15.9 51 8.4 -10.4 315 7 315.1 315.5 289.3 321.7 2.00 11 500 5840 -12.4 -30.2 21 17.8 -16.3 318 8 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.1 0.62 12 450 6633 -18.7 -37.9 17 19.3 -21.7 298 10 319.8 319.8 289.0 321.0 0.32 13 400 7500 -24.4 -49.6 8 25.2 -26.9 295 16 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.10 14 350 8459 -31.1 -50.6 13 19.5 -32.7 283 31 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 15 300 9536 -38.6 -50.0 29 11.4 -39.4 269 53 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 16 250 10761 -48.1 -59.8 25 11.7 -48.5 264 57 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12212 -51.3 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.7 282 36 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14081 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 288 19 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16661 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 313 17 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.31 m Freezing level: 622.43 mb = 4132.88 m = 13559.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.93 mb = 3387.03 m = 11112.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.64 mb = 4098.13 m = 13445.14 ft T: 0.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.98 mb = 4407.77 m = 14461.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.22 C Cross Totals Index: 14.73 C K Index: 19.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 626.36 mb = 4076.03 m = 13372.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 471.36 mb = 6284.00 m = 20616.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.36 mb = 6944.81 m = 22784.55 ft B at Equ Level: 11.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.36 mb = 7657.09 m = 25121.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -5.8 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 13.65 m/s