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: 52.43,-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 132 1 950 576 SFC 905 997 15.4 12.4 82 3.0 13.5 304 4 296.9 298.7 290.6 326.0 10.03 3 900 1046 20.1 9.4 50 10.7 13.6 2 6 302.2 303.8 290.8 326.8 8.26 4 850 1541 19.8 6.7 42 13.1 12.0 48 9 306.9 308.2 291.4 329.0 7.26 5 800 2058 14.8 7.3 61 7.5 10.3 35 8 306.9 308.4 292.1 331.4 8.07 6 750 2600 10.5 2.4 57 8.1 6.1 19 5 308.0 309.1 290.7 326.7 6.09 7 700 3170 5.8 -1.0 62 6.8 2.3 289 4 308.9 309.9 290.2 324.7 5.09 8 650 3771 1.7 -14.2 30 15.8 -4.3 326 3 310.8 311.2 287.8 317.2 1.96 9 600 4411 -2.1 -25.3 15 23.2 -8.7 22 10 313.7 313.8 287.6 316.5 0.81 10 550 5096 -6.3 -28.3 16 22.0 -11.9 35 12 316.6 316.7 288.4 318.9 0.67 11 500 5833 -11.8 -27.7 26 15.8 -15.6 35 12 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.4 0.79 12 450 6629 -17.9 -35.8 19 17.9 -21.0 24 12 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.40 13 400 7497 -24.5 -46.6 11 22.0 -26.9 14 13 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.15 14 350 8453 -32.4 -42.3 37 9.9 -33.4 332 15 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.26 15 300 9521 -40.6 -45.1 62 4.5 -40.9 307 19 328.1 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.23 16 250 10736 -49.7 -58.2 36 8.5 -50.0 302 25 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 17 200 12179 -52.6 -69.9 11 17.2 -52.9 314 15 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14039 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 312 16 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16627 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 321 11 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.76 m Freezing level: 628.05 mb = 4051.76 m = 13293.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.59 mb = 3374.15 m = 11069.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.95 mb = 1389.98 m = 4560.26 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3357.64 m = 11015.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.62 C Cross Totals Index: 18.52 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.22 mb = 2889.09 m = 9478.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 499.22 mb = 5844.66 m = 19175.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.22 mb = 9311.05 m = 30547.70 ft B at Equ Level: 92.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.22 mb = 10756.61 m = 35290.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 25.7 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 55.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -12.0 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 283.24 Bulk Shear: 0.33 m/s