MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 130 1 950 575 SFC 912 925 10.4 8.4 87 2.0 9.3 266 5 291.1 292.5 286.3 312.8 7.61 3 900 1043 21.4 9.3 46 12.2 13.9 299 5 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.0 8.17 4 850 1539 21.1 5.8 37 15.3 12.0 245 5 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.1 6.79 5 800 2059 16.3 4.4 45 11.8 9.4 225 2 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.58 6 750 2603 11.1 2.2 54 8.9 6.2 139 2 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.1 5.99 7 700 3173 6.1 -1.8 57 7.9 2.1 94 6 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.2 4.80 8 650 3775 1.5 -8.1 49 9.5 -2.7 69 6 310.6 311.2 289.0 320.8 3.20 9 600 4413 -4.3 -11.9 56 7.5 -7.2 32 5 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.4 2.57 10 550 5093 -8.3 -26.0 23 17.6 -12.9 18 7 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.1 0.84 11 500 5826 -12.3 -37.8 10 25.4 -16.9 23 12 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.1 0.30 12 450 6622 -17.8 -41.1 11 23.3 -21.3 26 17 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.23 13 400 7491 -24.4 -38.8 25 14.4 -26.4 30 21 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.33 14 350 8448 -31.9 -41.2 40 9.2 -32.9 32 25 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.30 15 300 9516 -41.0 -52.5 28 11.6 -41.6 29 25 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.10 16 250 10733 -48.7 -58.7 30 10.0 -49.0 6 24 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12179 -52.1 -70.2 10 18.0 -52.5 330 15 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14046 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 317 17 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16633 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 337 14 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.27 m Freezing level: 637.35 mb = 3936.42 m = 12914.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.84 mb = 3434.57 m = 11268.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.92 mb = 1189.65 m = 3902.99 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.07 mb = 3552.54 m = 11655.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.58 mb = 3072.69 m = 10080.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.58 mb = 4234.33 m = 13891.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.58 mb = 6397.43 m = 20988.69 ft B at Equ Level: 70.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.58 mb = 10131.55 m = 33239.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.4 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 60.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -21.8 tot: -16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.42 Bulk Shear: 13.09 m/s