MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 89 1 950 545 SFC 910 928 30.3 5.4 21 24.9 15.3 193 12 311.8 312.9 292.0 331.0 6.19 3 900 1025 27.8 4.4 22 23.4 14.0 194 13 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.2 5.84 4 850 1526 22.7 3.1 28 19.6 11.4 194 15 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.4 5.62 5 800 2047 17.5 1.9 35 15.6 8.8 195 15 309.8 310.8 290.8 326.8 5.48 6 750 2593 12.2 0.8 46 11.4 6.0 195 15 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.6 5.40 7 700 3166 7.5 -6.1 37 13.6 1.2 197 7 310.8 311.5 289.3 321.8 3.46 8 650 3771 3.4 -11.1 34 14.5 -2.6 43 6 312.8 313.3 289.0 320.9 2.51 9 600 4413 -2.2 -7.4 67 5.2 -4.5 25 8 313.6 314.3 290.3 325.2 3.64 10 550 5097 -7.6 -12.0 71 4.4 -9.3 348 4 315.0 315.6 290.0 324.1 2.77 11 500 5832 -12.5 -25.8 32 13.3 -15.8 296 5 317.8 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.94 12 450 6627 -18.1 -40.5 12 22.4 -21.4 290 9 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.25 13 400 7495 -24.0 -40.3 21 16.3 -26.2 276 19 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 14 350 8457 -30.0 -39.5 39 9.4 -31.2 264 31 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.36 15 300 9536 -38.5 -46.7 42 8.2 -39.1 262 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10761 -48.8 -53.2 60 4.4 -49.0 257 43 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.11 17 200 12203 -51.6 -70.5 9 18.9 -52.0 273 29 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14069 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 296 18 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 323 13 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.04 m Freezing level: 619.80 mb = 4158.63 m = 13643.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.36 mb = 3350.09 m = 10990.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 632.13 mb = 3994.44 m = 13104.94 ft T: 1.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.64 mb = 4324.64 m = 14188.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.21 C Cross Totals Index: 15.58 C K Index: 24.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.26 mb = 3954.72 m = 12974.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.26 mb = 5234.75 m = 17174.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.26 mb = 6957.29 m = 22825.47 ft B at Equ Level: 16.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.26 mb = 7859.42 m = 25785.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -57.8 tot: -51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 7.11 m/s