MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 28 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 120 1 950 563 SFC 910 926 7.6 5.8 88 1.8 6.6 186 4 288.4 289.5 284.0 306.4 6.37 3 900 1023 15.9 7.2 56 8.8 10.9 198 16 297.9 299.2 288.3 318.7 7.07 4 850 1516 21.4 -0.5 23 21.9 9.7 202 29 308.6 309.4 289.4 322.1 4.35 5 800 2037 17.5 -1.4 28 18.9 7.6 200 24 309.8 310.6 289.8 323.3 4.32 6 750 2583 13.0 -2.2 35 15.3 5.2 198 18 310.7 311.6 290.1 324.3 4.33 7 700 3157 8.6 -5.2 37 13.8 2.0 209 7 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.71 8 650 3764 3.8 -10.2 35 14.0 -2.1 324 2 313.3 313.8 289.4 322.0 2.71 9 600 4407 -1.7 -13.5 40 11.9 -6.2 349 3 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.6 2.25 10 550 5093 -7.1 -16.1 48 9.0 -10.2 302 4 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.2 1.97 11 500 5828 -12.5 -20.6 51 8.1 -14.9 271 7 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.9 1.49 12 450 6623 -18.1 -23.7 61 5.7 -19.5 262 15 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.8 1.25 13 400 7493 -23.8 -28.9 63 5.1 -24.8 252 26 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.88 14 350 8453 -31.0 -36.3 60 5.2 -31.7 263 32 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.49 15 300 9528 -38.8 -44.4 56 5.6 -39.2 271 43 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 16 250 10754 -48.8 -53.8 56 5.0 -49.0 268 51 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 17 200 12197 -51.6 -71.0 8 19.5 -52.0 268 29 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14063 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 286 19 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16643 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 308 14 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.67 m Freezing level: 615.14 mb = 4212.70 m = 13821.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.19 mb = 3440.90 m = 11288.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.68 mb = 1161.45 m = 3810.47 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.50 mb = 4573.21 m = 15003.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.62 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.02 C K Index: 19.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9593.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.53 mb = 3485.37 m = 11434.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: -44.0 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 12.75 m/s