MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 113 1 950 562 SFC 911 926 17.0 7.7 54 9.3 11.6 208 4 298.0 299.3 288.5 319.1 7.22 3 900 1037 25.2 6.0 29 19.2 13.7 189 15 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.3 6.51 4 850 1536 21.8 5.0 34 16.7 11.9 197 12 309.0 310.2 291.4 328.8 6.46 5 800 2057 16.9 4.3 43 12.6 9.6 208 7 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.2 6.52 6 750 2602 11.8 3.0 55 8.8 6.8 215 4 309.4 310.6 291.4 328.9 6.34 7 700 3173 6.9 -2.4 51 9.3 2.2 71 2 310.2 311.0 290.1 324.5 4.58 8 650 3777 2.6 -8.9 43 11.5 -2.4 59 8 311.9 312.4 289.2 321.5 3.00 9 600 4417 -3.4 -10.8 57 7.4 -6.4 30 7 312.2 312.7 289.1 321.2 2.80 10 550 5099 -7.6 -23.3 27 15.7 -12.1 16 9 315.0 315.2 288.3 318.6 1.06 11 500 5833 -12.5 -35.0 13 22.6 -16.8 9 11 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.2 0.39 12 450 6629 -17.8 -42.1 10 24.2 -21.3 9 14 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.21 13 400 7496 -24.9 -43.8 15 19.0 -27.1 4 15 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.20 14 350 8452 -32.3 -51.5 13 19.2 -33.7 346 15 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.10 15 300 9521 -40.1 -57.4 14 17.3 -40.9 321 15 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 16 250 10742 -48.3 -63.2 16 14.8 -48.7 310 18 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12193 -51.6 -71.9 7 20.2 -52.0 296 19 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14062 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 307 19 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16648 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 330 13 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.64 m Freezing level: 628.51 mb = 4052.26 m = 13294.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.74 mb = 3460.88 m = 11354.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.45 mb = 2136.88 m = 7010.67 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.40 mb = 3933.75 m = 12905.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 29.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.39 mb = 3489.21 m = 11447.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.39 mb = 4570.23 m = 14994.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.39 mb = 8483.84 m = 27833.78 ft B at Equ Level: 53.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.39 mb = 9785.44 m = 32104.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.6 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 52.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -29.5 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 65.04 m/s