MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 102 1 950 555 SFC 911 927 21.7 6.6 37 15.1 12.8 181 5 302.9 304.1 289.7 323.0 6.71 3 900 1033 26.8 3.9 23 22.9 13.4 191 13 309.1 310.2 290.7 326.5 5.64 4 850 1533 22.5 3.0 28 19.5 11.3 200 12 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.0 5.58 5 800 2055 17.6 2.0 35 15.6 8.9 209 8 309.9 310.9 290.9 327.0 5.52 6 750 2601 12.5 1.1 46 11.4 6.2 234 4 310.1 311.2 290.9 327.3 5.51 7 700 3174 7.1 0.3 62 6.8 3.5 293 3 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.7 5.58 8 650 3778 2.1 -2.2 73 4.3 -0.0 4 7 311.4 312.3 290.9 327.1 5.01 9 600 4418 -3.0 -9.6 60 6.6 -5.7 347 8 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.5 3.07 10 550 5101 -7.1 -28.8 16 21.7 -12.4 343 11 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.65 11 500 5837 -12.0 -37.2 10 25.2 -16.6 347 13 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.31 12 450 6634 -17.4 -43.6 8 26.3 -21.1 357 17 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.0 0.18 13 400 7503 -24.1 -47.1 10 23.0 -26.6 0 19 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.14 14 350 8462 -30.9 -53.0 10 22.1 -32.6 4 21 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 15 300 9538 -39.0 -57.4 12 18.5 -39.9 349 19 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 16 250 10763 -48.3 -64.0 15 15.7 -48.7 307 23 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12206 -54.1 -71.1 11 17.0 -54.4 299 29 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14067 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 297 28 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16647 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 319 13 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.73 m Freezing level: 629.32 mb = 4042.37 m = 13262.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.55 mb = 3770.63 m = 12370.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.56 mb = 2852.98 m = 9360.06 ft T: 10.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.82 mb = 4209.62 m = 13810.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.49 C Cross Totals Index: 14.95 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7296.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.62 mb = 3881.38 m = 12734.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.0 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 2.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 53.67 m/s