MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 123 1 950 570 SFC 912 926 13.6 8.3 70 5.3 10.5 255 4 294.4 295.8 287.5 316.2 7.54 3 900 1041 23.0 7.9 38 15.1 13.8 229 8 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.7 7.46 4 850 1539 21.4 5.1 35 16.3 11.8 215 8 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.5 6.49 5 800 2059 16.6 4.3 44 12.2 9.5 226 3 308.8 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.54 6 750 2603 11.4 2.7 55 8.7 6.6 183 0 309.0 310.1 291.2 328.1 6.23 7 700 3175 6.6 -2.0 54 8.6 2.2 69 6 309.8 310.7 290.1 324.5 4.71 8 650 3778 2.0 -8.5 46 10.5 -2.5 67 8 311.3 311.8 289.1 321.1 3.09 9 600 4416 -4.0 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.7 45 7 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.4 2.77 10 550 5097 -8.2 -24.0 27 15.8 -12.5 31 7 314.3 314.5 288.0 317.7 1.00 11 500 5830 -12.5 -36.7 11 24.2 -17.0 20 10 317.7 317.8 288.4 318.9 0.33 12 450 6625 -18.1 -40.4 12 22.2 -21.5 15 14 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.25 13 400 7492 -24.9 -47.3 11 22.4 -27.2 18 17 322.6 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.13 14 350 8447 -32.5 -47.2 22 14.8 -33.7 26 23 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.15 15 300 9514 -40.9 -53.7 24 12.9 -41.5 24 24 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.09 16 250 10733 -48.2 -63.4 16 15.2 -48.6 354 20 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 17 200 12183 -52.5 -70.0 10 17.5 -52.9 317 19 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14049 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.5 306 20 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16636 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 337 13 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.55 m Freezing level: 633.07 mb = 3993.72 m = 13102.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3452.62 m = 11327.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.66 mb = 1623.55 m = 5326.53 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.39 mb = 3772.62 m = 12377.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.54 mb = 3273.51 m = 10739.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.54 mb = 4329.57 m = 14204.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.54 mb = 8515.79 m = 27938.62 ft B at Equ Level: 76.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.54 mb = 10058.50 m = 32999.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.4 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 61.4 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -21.1 tot: -15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 28.07 m/s