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: 52.43,-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 126 1 950 572 SFC 905 997 16.8 12.1 74 4.7 13.8 306 4 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.1 9.83 3 900 1044 20.8 12.5 59 8.3 15.4 347 8 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.17 4 850 1539 20.3 8.3 46 12.0 12.9 21 9 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.11 5 800 2059 16.6 4.4 44 12.2 9.5 14 6 308.8 310.0 291.4 328.9 6.55 6 750 2603 11.6 3.6 58 8.0 7.1 346 2 309.2 310.5 291.6 329.6 6.64 7 700 3175 6.9 0.3 63 6.6 3.4 20 2 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.5 5.59 8 650 3779 1.8 -4.9 61 6.6 -1.3 42 2 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.9 4.10 9 600 4417 -3.5 -13.1 47 9.6 -7.1 5 3 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.5 2.31 10 550 5099 -7.6 -27.1 19 19.5 -12.5 20 8 315.1 315.2 288.0 317.7 0.75 11 500 5835 -11.5 -37.2 10 25.6 -16.3 31 14 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.31 12 450 6632 -17.5 -35.6 19 18.1 -20.7 32 17 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.41 13 400 7501 -24.0 -45.8 11 21.9 -26.5 38 19 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.16 14 350 8459 -31.9 -39.7 46 7.7 -32.9 37 23 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.35 15 300 9528 -40.6 -53.5 24 12.8 -41.3 30 23 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.09 16 250 10746 -49.0 -57.5 36 8.5 -49.3 15 20 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12188 -53.3 -71.7 9 18.3 -53.7 331 16 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14051 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 311 17 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16639 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 340 11 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.67 m Freezing level: 633.20 mb = 3993.49 m = 13101.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.08 mb = 3604.39 m = 11825.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.16 mb = 1608.57 m = 5277.40 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.97 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3319.71 m = 10891.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.19 mb = 2859.30 m = 9380.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.19 mb = 3875.27 m = 12714.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.19 mb = 10178.03 m = 33392.09 ft B at Equ Level: 387.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.19 mb = 12117.37 m = 39754.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.7 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 53.7 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -8.9 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 325.09 Bulk Shear: 1.20 m/s