MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 86 1 950 542 SFC 910 928 29.4 5.8 23 23.6 15.1 192 7 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.6 6.38 3 900 1023 28.0 4.4 22 23.6 14.1 194 8 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.5 5.84 4 850 1524 23.0 3.7 28 19.4 11.8 195 8 310.3 311.4 291.3 328.5 5.87 5 800 2047 17.9 2.6 36 15.4 9.2 197 8 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.1 5.75 6 750 2593 12.6 1.7 47 10.9 6.6 198 8 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.2 5.78 7 700 3166 7.3 -1.9 52 9.3 2.6 200 5 310.6 311.5 290.4 325.5 4.75 8 650 3771 3.4 -9.3 39 12.7 -2.1 35 10 312.8 313.4 289.4 322.2 2.91 9 600 4413 -2.4 -7.8 66 5.5 -4.8 18 9 313.4 314.1 290.2 324.7 3.53 10 550 5097 -7.6 -17.8 44 10.2 -10.9 339 6 315.1 315.4 289.0 320.8 1.71 11 500 5832 -12.2 -34.9 13 22.7 -16.6 325 9 318.2 318.2 288.6 319.6 0.39 12 450 6627 -18.4 -36.9 18 18.5 -21.5 303 11 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.36 13 400 7495 -24.1 -49.8 7 25.7 -26.7 289 14 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.10 14 350 8456 -30.2 -48.1 16 17.8 -31.9 270 28 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.14 15 300 9535 -38.3 -48.3 34 10.0 -39.0 262 38 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 16 250 10760 -48.7 -53.8 56 5.0 -49.0 263 44 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 17 200 12204 -51.2 -71.2 7 20.0 -51.7 281 27 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14074 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 294 21 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 335 14 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.24 m Freezing level: 620.57 mb = 4149.31 m = 13613.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.15 mb = 3497.76 m = 11475.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.95 mb = 3846.44 m = 12619.39 ft T: 2.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.30 mb = 4250.65 m = 13945.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.25 C Cross Totals Index: 15.89 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.01 mb = 3933.33 m = 12904.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.01 mb = 4927.35 m = 16165.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.01 mb = 7639.77 m = 25064.56 ft B at Equ Level: 48.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.01 mb = 8824.92 m = 28952.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -67.8 tot: -64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 22.52 m/s