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: 52.43,-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 100 1 950 552 SFC 903 998 24.9 11.2 42 13.7 16.1 311 2 306.9 308.6 293.0 335.0 9.29 3 900 1025 23.3 10.4 44 12.9 15.1 314 2 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.1 8.84 4 850 1519 19.2 3.6 36 15.6 10.4 260 2 306.3 307.4 290.0 324.1 5.85 5 800 2039 17.8 -0.9 28 18.7 7.9 185 6 310.1 311.0 290.0 324.1 4.48 6 750 2586 13.8 -1.3 35 15.2 5.9 151 3 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.1 4.62 7 700 3162 9.2 -4.2 38 13.4 2.6 89 3 312.7 313.4 290.3 325.3 3.99 8 650 3770 3.4 -5.1 54 8.5 -0.6 68 2 312.9 313.6 290.5 325.7 4.04 9 600 4412 -2.5 -6.7 73 4.2 -4.4 321 1 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.6 3.86 10 550 5095 -7.6 -19.4 38 11.8 -11.3 324 3 315.0 315.3 288.8 320.0 1.49 11 500 5830 -12.3 -33.8 15 21.5 -16.6 324 5 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.6 0.44 12 450 6624 -18.5 -36.1 20 17.6 -21.5 291 9 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.4 0.39 13 400 7491 -24.4 -48.4 9 24.0 -26.9 277 17 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.12 14 350 8451 -30.7 -47.8 17 17.1 -32.3 263 31 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15 15 300 9528 -38.8 -48.2 37 9.3 -39.5 264 43 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.16 16 250 10752 -49.1 -55.8 45 6.7 -49.3 258 48 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12197 -51.3 -70.6 8 19.4 -51.7 268 28 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14060 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 299 17 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16638 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 326 14 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.26 m Freezing level: 620.85 mb = 4144.28 m = 13596.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.78 mb = 3647.35 m = 11966.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.35 mb = 2716.92 m = 8913.68 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.02 mb = 4097.10 m = 13441.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.52 C Cross Totals Index: 15.95 C K Index: 21.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6843.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.54 mb = 3417.61 m = 11212.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.6 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 326.6 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -18.6 tot: -17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.31 Bulk Shear: 0.76 m/s