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: 52.43,-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 126 1 950 571 SFC 905 997 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.4 326 4 298.7 300.5 291.4 328.8 10.32 3 900 1044 21.3 11.0 52 10.3 14.7 25 6 303.4 305.1 291.9 330.8 9.16 4 850 1540 20.0 9.4 51 10.6 13.4 43 10 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.6 8.75 5 800 2058 15.6 6.3 54 9.3 10.1 32 7 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.51 6 750 2601 11.0 4.3 63 6.7 7.2 350 5 308.5 309.8 291.7 329.9 6.98 7 700 3172 6.3 0.6 67 5.7 3.2 312 4 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.71 8 650 3774 1.4 -9.0 46 10.4 -3.0 316 3 310.5 311.1 288.8 320.0 2.96 9 600 4414 -2.2 -25.9 14 23.7 -8.7 7 9 313.6 313.8 287.5 316.3 0.77 10 550 5099 -6.1 -31.7 11 25.6 -12.1 31 14 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.5 0.49 11 500 5838 -11.3 -31.8 17 20.5 -15.7 38 15 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.53 12 450 6635 -17.3 -34.2 22 16.9 -20.4 32 14 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.2 0.47 13 400 7506 -23.7 -45.7 11 22.0 -26.2 12 14 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.16 14 350 8466 -31.4 -48.1 18 16.7 -32.9 339 15 326.4 326.4 290.9 326.9 0.14 15 300 9537 -40.2 -51.4 29 11.2 -40.9 319 16 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 16 250 10756 -49.4 -60.9 25 11.4 -49.7 300 25 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12193 -53.7 -69.8 12 16.1 -54.0 319 19 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14054 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 312 18 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16642 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 329 10 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.97 m Freezing level: 630.29 mb = 4026.41 m = 13209.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.14 mb = 3478.08 m = 11410.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.00 mb = 1549.77 m = 5084.50 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.37 mb = 3156.22 m = 10354.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 328.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.67 mb = 2772.27 m = 9095.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.67 mb = 3654.33 m = 11989.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.67 mb = 10502.01 m = 34454.99 ft B at Equ Level: 325.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.67 mb = 12204.05 m = 40039.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 54.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -12.5 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 483.55 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s