MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 129 1 950 574 SFC 912 926 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 284 4 292.2 293.6 287.4 316.0 8.36 3 900 1042 21.2 7.8 42 13.5 13.1 347 3 303.4 304.7 290.4 325.4 7.37 4 850 1537 20.4 4.7 36 15.6 11.3 4 3 307.5 308.6 290.8 326.8 6.31 5 800 2056 15.9 3.6 44 12.4 8.9 11 3 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.1 6.19 6 750 2599 11.2 3.4 58 7.8 6.8 354 3 308.8 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.51 7 700 3170 5.8 1.8 75 4.0 3.7 328 1 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.1 6.23 8 650 3771 0.7 -4.8 67 5.4 -1.9 265 1 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.7 4.13 9 600 4408 -3.4 -21.5 23 18.2 -8.9 15 6 312.2 312.4 287.4 316.0 1.14 10 550 5090 -7.1 -32.3 11 25.1 -12.8 29 11 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.46 11 500 5827 -11.8 -35.3 12 23.5 -16.4 32 14 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.38 12 450 6623 -17.6 -36.6 17 18.9 -20.9 25 13 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.37 13 400 7492 -24.3 -42.0 18 17.7 -26.6 2 12 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.24 14 350 8450 -31.8 -47.8 19 16.0 -33.1 325 15 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 15 300 9520 -40.5 -48.8 40 8.3 -41.0 302 19 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.15 16 250 10737 -49.4 -60.6 26 11.2 -49.7 297 26 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.04 17 200 12177 -53.1 -68.9 13 15.8 -53.4 303 19 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14037 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 308 19 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16624 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 318 13 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.05 m Freezing level: 641.68 mb = 3876.68 m = 12718.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.84 mb = 3563.33 m = 11690.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.87 mb = 1139.92 m = 3739.84 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.38 mb = 3605.54 m = 11829.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7566.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.81 mb = 3148.47 m = 10329.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.3 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 51.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.15 Bulk Shear: 2.71 m/s