MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 123 1 950 571 SFC 912 926 13.2 9.3 77 4.0 10.9 271 4 294.0 295.5 287.8 317.2 8.06 3 900 1041 22.6 5.7 33 17.0 12.7 234 9 304.8 306.0 290.0 324.1 6.38 4 850 1537 21.0 2.9 30 18.1 10.7 237 9 308.1 309.2 290.3 325.2 5.55 5 800 2057 16.5 2.2 38 14.3 8.5 258 6 308.7 309.8 290.6 326.0 5.59 6 750 2601 11.6 2.2 52 9.4 6.4 305 4 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.7 5.99 7 700 3172 6.3 1.5 72 4.7 3.7 347 3 309.4 310.6 291.2 328.3 6.12 8 650 3774 1.0 -3.6 71 4.7 -1.2 33 2 310.1 311.0 290.0 324.2 4.50 9 600 4412 -3.2 -20.2 26 16.9 -8.5 12 6 312.4 312.6 287.6 316.7 1.28 10 550 5094 -7.0 -32.0 12 25.0 -12.6 23 10 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.5 0.47 11 500 5831 -11.5 -37.9 9 26.4 -16.3 33 15 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.29 12 450 6629 -17.2 -40.2 12 23.1 -20.8 31 16 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.6 0.25 13 400 7500 -23.6 -42.0 17 18.4 -25.9 15 15 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.24 14 350 8461 -31.1 -50.5 13 19.5 -32.6 348 15 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 15 300 9533 -40.0 -53.9 21 13.9 -40.7 321 16 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 16 250 10753 -49.1 -63.4 17 14.3 -49.5 298 25 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.03 17 200 12190 -54.3 -71.5 10 17.2 -54.5 308 22 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 14051 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 305 20 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16640 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 326 10 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.43 m Freezing level: 637.95 mb = 3927.73 m = 12886.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.30 mb = 3621.77 m = 11882.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.02 mb = 1445.38 m = 4742.02 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 634.96 mb = 3960.52 m = 12993.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.46 C Cross Totals Index: 14.36 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7724.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.14 mb = 3477.92 m = 11410.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 41.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 30.48 m/s