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: 52.43,-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 120 1 950 569 SFC 905 998 19.1 13.2 69 5.9 15.3 351 4 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.8 10.57 3 900 1043 22.6 12.8 54 9.8 16.2 35 7 304.8 306.7 293.3 335.8 10.36 4 850 1540 20.3 11.1 55 9.2 14.4 47 9 307.4 309.3 293.6 337.2 9.82 5 800 2060 16.2 8.4 60 7.7 11.4 32 5 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.9 8.71 6 750 2605 11.5 7.2 75 4.2 8.9 316 3 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.2 8.55 7 700 3177 6.7 2.4 74 4.2 4.3 312 2 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.0 6.52 8 650 3780 1.4 -3.6 70 5.0 -1.0 331 4 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.7 4.52 9 600 4419 -2.6 -21.1 23 18.5 -8.4 353 8 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.1 1.18 10 550 5104 -6.4 -32.1 11 25.7 -12.3 18 13 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.2 0.47 11 500 5842 -10.9 -36.7 10 25.8 -15.9 29 19 319.7 319.8 289.0 321.0 0.33 12 450 6641 -16.6 -38.6 13 22.0 -20.3 29 20 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.30 13 400 7514 -23.1 -42.6 15 19.5 -25.6 25 19 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.22 14 350 8476 -30.7 -50.1 13 19.4 -32.3 19 17 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.11 15 300 9550 -39.7 -55.4 17 15.6 -40.5 357 15 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10771 -49.2 -64.3 15 15.2 -49.5 313 16 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 17 200 12205 -54.9 -71.4 11 16.4 -55.2 309 21 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14063 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 310 18 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16651 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 334 15 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.02 m Freezing level: 632.61 mb = 4002.25 m = 13130.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.48 mb = 3662.09 m = 12014.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.78 mb = 1756.85 m = 5763.88 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.08 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.65 mb = 2958.78 m = 9707.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.06 mb = 2637.20 m = 8652.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.06 mb = 3269.66 m = 10727.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.06 mb = 11249.06 m = 36905.91 ft B at Equ Level: 823.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.06 mb = 13563.26 m = 44498.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 50.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -5.3 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 499.68 Bulk Shear: 1.67 m/s