MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 101 1 950 552 SFC 910 928 27.5 8.2 30 19.3 15.5 193 8 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.8 7.50 3 900 1029 24.9 7.1 32 17.8 14.1 194 9 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.7 7.06 4 850 1525 21.1 0.3 25 20.8 9.9 198 22 308.3 309.2 289.5 322.6 4.60 5 800 2045 17.0 -1.2 29 18.3 7.4 192 21 309.3 310.1 289.6 322.9 4.37 6 750 2590 12.4 -3.8 32 16.2 4.4 190 15 310.0 310.8 289.4 322.1 3.84 7 700 3163 8.0 -5.4 38 13.3 1.6 172 5 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.9 3.66 8 650 3769 3.4 -10.7 35 14.1 -2.5 55 5 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.1 2.59 9 600 4411 -2.0 -9.5 57 7.5 -5.2 27 7 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.7 3.10 10 550 5095 -7.4 -11.8 71 4.4 -9.1 349 2 315.3 315.8 290.1 324.4 2.82 11 500 5831 -12.5 -21.5 47 9.1 -15.0 272 4 317.9 318.1 289.5 322.5 1.37 12 450 6626 -17.7 -41.6 10 23.9 -21.2 278 10 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.22 13 400 7496 -23.5 -29.0 60 5.5 -24.6 266 26 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.87 14 350 8459 -30.3 -35.5 61 5.1 -31.0 255 34 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.8 0.53 15 300 9538 -38.5 -46.3 44 7.8 -39.1 265 40 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.20 16 250 10762 -49.1 -54.8 51 5.8 -49.3 259 44 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12203 -52.2 -69.6 11 17.4 -52.5 266 32 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14060 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 295 17 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16635 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 322 14 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.39 m Freezing level: 618.87 mb = 4168.47 m = 13675.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.47 mb = 3394.14 m = 11135.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.80 mb = 3330.37 m = 10926.27 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.75 mb = 4440.42 m = 14568.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 12.77 C K Index: 20.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7473.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.76 mb = 3821.14 m = 12536.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -70.2 tot: -47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 2.88 m/s