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: 52.43,-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 96 1 950 550 SFC 903 998 29.1 11.7 34 17.5 17.6 355 4 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.6 9.57 3 900 1031 27.4 11.0 36 16.3 16.8 357 4 309.7 311.5 293.8 337.9 9.22 4 850 1531 22.0 9.9 46 12.2 14.3 0 4 309.2 310.9 293.5 336.8 9.02 5 800 2053 17.0 8.6 58 8.3 11.7 2 4 309.2 310.9 293.3 336.2 8.81 6 750 2599 12.7 0.9 44 11.8 6.3 340 2 310.4 311.4 291.0 327.3 5.45 7 700 3174 8.3 -0.0 56 8.3 3.9 324 3 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.7 5.46 8 650 3780 2.9 -2.6 67 5.5 0.2 298 5 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.6 4.86 9 600 4421 -2.3 -10.2 55 7.9 -5.6 300 6 313.4 314.0 289.6 322.9 2.92 10 550 5106 -7.1 -25.3 22 18.2 -12.0 313 7 315.7 315.9 288.3 318.7 0.89 11 500 5841 -12.6 -32.7 17 20.1 -16.7 321 8 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.4 0.49 12 450 6635 -18.3 -40.1 13 21.7 -21.6 327 11 320.2 320.3 289.1 321.2 0.26 13 400 7502 -24.7 -48.5 9 23.8 -27.1 324 15 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.12 14 350 8458 -31.9 -53.6 10 21.7 -33.4 305 20 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.07 15 300 9530 -39.6 -58.0 12 18.4 -40.4 285 28 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.05 16 250 10754 -47.4 -63.0 15 15.6 -47.9 273 37 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 17 200 12208 -51.1 -73.2 5 22.1 -51.5 285 33 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14080 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 285 18 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16664 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 314 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.90 m Freezing level: 622.15 mb = 4137.15 m = 13573.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.55 mb = 3797.65 m = 12459.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.06 mb = 3172.89 m = 10409.61 ft T: 8.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.26 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3353.59 m = 11002.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.55 mb = 3072.44 m = 10080.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.55 mb = 3610.96 m = 11846.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.55 mb = 10924.12 m = 35839.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1044.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.55 mb = 13517.02 m = 44346.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.4 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 353.4 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 631.23 Bulk Shear: 1.67 m/s