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: 52.43,-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 90 1 950 545 SFC 903 998 28.6 12.0 36 16.5 17.7 22 6 310.7 312.5 294.5 340.8 9.83 3 900 1026 27.7 11.6 37 16.1 17.2 22 6 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.4 9.59 4 850 1527 22.6 10.4 46 12.3 14.7 26 7 309.9 311.6 293.9 338.4 9.34 5 800 2050 17.5 9.3 59 8.2 12.4 30 6 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.2 9.26 6 750 2597 12.3 7.2 71 5.2 9.2 34 5 310.0 311.6 293.3 336.0 8.51 7 700 3171 8.1 -0.7 54 8.9 3.5 1 4 311.5 312.5 291.0 327.7 5.18 8 650 3777 2.7 -2.4 69 5.1 0.1 318 6 312.0 312.9 291.0 327.5 4.93 9 600 4419 -2.1 -16.6 32 14.5 -7.2 317 8 313.7 314.0 288.5 319.4 1.73 10 550 5103 -6.9 -28.0 17 21.0 -12.2 323 10 315.8 316.0 288.2 318.3 0.69 11 500 5839 -12.1 -36.4 11 24.3 -16.7 332 12 318.3 318.3 288.6 319.5 0.34 12 450 6635 -17.5 -44.9 7 27.4 -21.2 346 15 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.8 0.16 13 400 7504 -24.3 -45.8 12 21.5 -26.8 351 18 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.16 14 350 8462 -31.5 -52.4 11 20.8 -33.1 352 18 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.09 15 300 9536 -39.0 -58.4 11 19.4 -39.9 334 17 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.05 16 250 10761 -48.1 -63.8 15 15.7 -48.5 298 22 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 12209 -53.4 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.7 294 30 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14071 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 283 24 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16653 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 325 15 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.50 m Freezing level: 622.10 mb = 4135.34 m = 13567.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.07 mb = 3788.89 m = 12430.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.22 mb = 3062.56 m = 10047.63 ft T: 8.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.56 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3247.10 m = 10653.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.95 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.39 mb = 3060.58 m = 10041.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.39 mb = 3476.23 m = 11404.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.39 mb = 11179.38 m = 36677.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1219.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.39 mb = 13884.44 m = 45552.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.3 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 14.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 313.33 Bulk Shear: 3.90 m/s