MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 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 121 1 950 565 SFC 910 928 16.0 7.9 59 8.1 11.3 203 5 297.0 298.4 288.3 318.5 7.37 3 900 1027 16.9 5.8 48 11.2 10.6 207 16 299.0 300.1 288.1 317.9 6.41 4 850 1521 21.3 -0.2 24 21.6 9.7 200 26 308.5 309.3 289.5 322.3 4.43 5 800 2041 17.3 -1.5 28 18.8 7.5 193 21 309.6 310.4 289.6 322.9 4.27 6 750 2586 12.7 -2.8 34 15.5 4.9 192 15 310.4 311.2 289.8 323.4 4.16 7 700 3160 8.2 -3.7 43 11.9 2.3 185 5 311.6 312.4 290.2 324.7 4.16 8 650 3766 3.5 -9.9 37 13.3 -2.2 46 3 312.9 313.4 289.3 321.8 2.77 9 600 4409 -2.1 -11.6 48 9.5 -5.8 7 5 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.2 2.62 10 550 5093 -7.6 -12.4 68 4.8 -9.4 329 4 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.9 2.69 11 500 5828 -12.7 -17.3 68 4.6 -14.2 285 6 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.1 1.97 12 450 6623 -17.6 -33.3 24 15.7 -20.5 277 16 321.1 321.2 289.6 323.0 0.51 13 400 7494 -23.6 -31.4 49 7.8 -25.0 268 28 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.69 14 350 8455 -30.6 -33.8 74 3.2 -31.1 256 37 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.8 0.63 15 300 9532 -38.7 -44.5 55 5.8 -39.2 264 42 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 16 250 10756 -49.1 -54.9 51 5.8 -49.3 266 46 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12200 -51.5 -69.4 10 17.9 -51.8 266 29 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14061 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 286 18 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16635 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 313 14 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.64 m Freezing level: 618.70 mb = 4168.37 m = 13675.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.46 mb = 3464.27 m = 11365.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.48 mb = 1971.82 m = 6469.14 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 0.61 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.26 mb = 4550.69 m = 14929.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.67 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.05 C Cross Totals Index: 12.50 C K Index: 21.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9165.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.97 mb = 3592.48 m = 11786.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -82.9 tot: -59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 10.45 m/s