MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 117 1 950 566 SFC 912 926 16.3 7.1 54 9.2 11.0 233 4 297.2 298.5 287.9 317.6 6.95 3 900 1041 24.7 4.2 27 20.5 12.9 209 14 306.9 308.0 290.1 324.5 5.75 4 850 1539 21.6 2.6 29 19.0 10.9 216 13 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.6 5.44 5 800 2059 16.9 2.0 37 14.9 8.6 229 9 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.3 5.53 6 750 2604 12.1 1.2 47 10.8 6.2 258 5 309.7 310.7 290.9 327.0 5.59 7 700 3176 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 3.8 339 3 309.9 311.0 291.3 328.4 5.98 8 650 3779 1.5 -3.0 72 4.5 -0.7 23 5 310.7 311.6 290.4 325.4 4.72 9 600 4418 -3.2 -15.8 37 12.6 -7.6 3 7 312.5 312.8 288.3 318.6 1.86 10 550 5101 -7.1 -31.5 12 24.4 -12.6 8 10 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.5 0.50 11 500 5837 -11.5 -38.6 9 27.1 -16.4 20 15 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.0 0.27 12 450 6635 -17.1 -42.7 9 25.7 -20.8 23 19 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.20 13 400 7506 -23.5 -44.6 13 21.1 -26.0 23 21 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.18 14 350 8468 -30.8 -49.5 14 18.8 -32.3 20 21 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.7 0.12 15 300 9542 -39.2 -56.7 14 17.5 -40.1 3 17 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 16 250 10765 -49.0 -63.2 18 14.2 -49.4 329 16 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 17 200 12202 -54.6 -71.7 10 17.1 -54.9 310 23 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14062 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 307 21 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16649 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 331 15 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.91 m Freezing level: 633.94 mb = 3984.21 m = 13071.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3683.59 m = 12085.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.03 mb = 2122.19 m = 6962.49 ft T: 16.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 619.53 mb = 4162.20 m = 13655.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 14.10 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7468.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.17 mb = 3714.64 m = 12186.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 28.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -10.2 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 63.25 m/s