MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 101 1 950 554 SFC 911 927 21.9 7.5 39 14.4 13.3 172 5 303.0 304.3 290.1 324.4 7.13 3 900 1033 26.8 5.8 26 21.0 14.2 181 11 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.0 6.45 4 850 1533 22.4 4.6 31 17.8 12.0 189 10 309.6 310.8 291.4 329.0 6.27 5 800 2055 17.5 3.5 39 13.9 9.5 196 7 309.8 310.9 291.4 328.9 6.17 6 750 2601 12.2 2.4 51 9.9 6.7 203 5 309.9 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.06 7 700 3173 7.1 -1.3 55 8.4 2.8 200 1 310.3 311.3 290.5 325.8 4.96 8 650 3778 2.9 -8.9 41 11.9 -2.2 44 10 312.3 312.8 289.3 321.9 2.99 9 600 4418 -3.0 -9.4 61 6.4 -5.7 21 8 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.12 10 550 5101 -7.5 -25.9 21 18.4 -12.3 358 9 315.2 315.4 288.1 318.1 0.84 11 500 5836 -12.6 -30.7 21 18.0 -16.5 349 11 317.6 317.8 288.6 319.7 0.59 12 450 6630 -18.2 -42.4 10 24.2 -21.7 345 11 320.3 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.20 13 400 7498 -24.4 -48.1 9 23.8 -26.8 335 13 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.12 14 350 8456 -31.6 -51.0 13 19.5 -33.1 296 20 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.10 15 300 9529 -39.0 -52.4 23 13.4 -39.8 275 35 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 16 250 10753 -49.1 -56.5 42 7.4 -49.4 273 40 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12198 -51.4 -71.9 7 20.5 -51.8 285 24 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14066 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 291 21 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16649 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 335 12 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.30 m Freezing level: 625.23 mb = 4095.11 m = 13435.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.15 mb = 3504.17 m = 11496.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.59 mb = 2761.67 m = 9060.48 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.17 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.59 mb = 4033.00 m = 13231.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.35 mb = 3673.47 m = 12051.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.35 mb = 4505.89 m = 14782.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.35 mb = 8387.27 m = 27516.97 ft B at Equ Level: 87.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 283.35 mb = 9912.55 m = 32521.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 26.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -29.6 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 44.46 m/s