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: 52.43,-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 115 1 950 565 SFC 904 998 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.8 326 4 300.3 302.2 291.8 330.3 10.22 3 900 1038 21.7 13.3 59 8.4 16.1 4 6 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.7 10.70 4 850 1535 21.1 9.4 47 11.6 13.7 26 4 308.2 309.9 293.0 334.9 8.77 5 800 2056 16.9 6.9 52 10.0 10.8 332 1 309.1 310.6 292.5 333.0 7.81 6 750 2602 11.9 4.8 62 7.1 7.8 232 2 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.7 7.22 7 700 3174 7.4 -0.1 59 7.4 3.4 22 1 310.6 311.7 291.0 327.6 5.44 8 650 3779 2.4 -4.9 59 7.3 -1.0 41 2 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.10 9 600 4419 -3.0 -13.5 44 10.4 -7.0 352 4 312.6 313.0 288.7 319.9 2.26 10 550 5101 -7.4 -25.0 23 17.6 -12.2 2 10 315.3 315.4 288.2 318.4 0.91 11 500 5837 -11.4 -39.2 8 27.8 -16.4 17 14 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.0 0.25 12 450 6635 -17.2 -38.4 14 21.2 -20.7 25 18 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 13 400 7505 -24.5 -43.5 15 19.1 -26.7 30 21 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.20 14 350 8463 -31.9 -48.3 18 16.4 -33.2 35 25 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.3 0.14 15 300 9533 -40.2 -55.0 19 14.8 -40.9 38 30 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.07 16 250 10752 -48.9 -60.9 24 12.0 -49.3 22 21 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 17 200 12196 -52.9 -69.2 12 16.3 -53.2 327 14 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14063 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 312 17 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 337 12 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.16 m Freezing level: 627.85 mb = 4062.48 m = 13328.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.62 mb = 3634.49 m = 11924.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.31 mb = 1767.76 m = 5799.65 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.78 mb = 3211.98 m = 10537.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 765.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.40 mb = 2798.71 m = 9182.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.40 mb = 3686.69 m = 12095.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.40 mb = 10819.48 m = 35496.56 ft B at Equ Level: 762.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.40 mb = 12974.33 m = 42566.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 45.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -6.4 tot: -0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1050.51 Bulk Shear: 0.73 m/s