MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 90 1 950 545 SFC 910 928 29.7 5.2 21 24.5 15.0 199 6 311.1 312.3 291.7 330.0 6.10 3 900 1026 28.3 4.0 21 24.3 14.0 201 6 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.4 5.68 4 850 1528 23.3 2.9 26 20.4 11.6 205 6 310.5 311.6 291.0 327.7 5.54 5 800 2051 18.2 1.9 34 16.3 9.0 210 6 310.5 311.6 291.0 327.6 5.48 6 750 2598 12.8 1.0 44 11.8 6.4 215 5 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.50 7 700 3171 7.3 -1.1 55 8.4 2.9 228 5 310.6 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.05 8 650 3776 2.7 -3.3 65 6.0 -0.3 345 7 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.5 4.61 9 600 4418 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.6 -3.9 335 7 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.7 4.31 10 550 5101 -7.4 -19.6 37 12.2 -11.2 327 9 315.3 315.6 288.8 320.2 1.47 11 500 5836 -12.5 -34.0 15 21.5 -16.7 319 10 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.4 0.43 12 450 6631 -18.0 -43.5 9 25.5 -21.5 322 13 320.6 320.6 289.1 321.3 0.18 13 400 7499 -24.5 -49.5 8 25.0 -27.0 323 16 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.10 14 350 8456 -31.4 -54.2 9 22.8 -33.0 309 20 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.07 15 300 9532 -38.4 -59.1 10 20.6 -39.4 285 33 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.04 16 250 10761 -47.6 -59.9 23 12.3 -48.0 270 54 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12209 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.8 286 34 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14071 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 283 24 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 326 16 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.34 m Freezing level: 625.05 mb = 4096.11 m = 13438.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.24 mb = 3723.00 m = 12214.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.65 mb = 3954.98 m = 12975.51 ft T: 1.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.96 mb = 4285.58 m = 14060.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.35 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.54 mb = 4045.08 m = 13271.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.54 mb = 5191.83 m = 17033.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.54 mb = 7799.77 m = 25589.47 ft B at Equ Level: 23.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.54 mb = 8792.17 m = 28845.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 15.22 m/s