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: 52.43,-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 133 1 950 577 SFC 905 997 15.6 11.3 76 4.3 12.9 293 4 297.1 298.8 290.0 324.2 9.32 3 900 1047 19.3 11.5 61 7.8 14.4 320 9 301.4 303.1 291.6 329.5 9.52 4 850 1541 19.7 9.0 50 10.7 13.0 23 9 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.4 8.48 5 800 2059 15.9 4.9 48 11.0 9.5 25 6 308.1 309.3 291.4 328.9 6.79 6 750 2603 11.5 1.9 52 9.6 6.2 11 3 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.1 5.85 7 700 3174 6.6 -0.0 63 6.6 3.1 23 1 309.7 310.8 290.7 326.7 5.47 8 650 3777 1.4 -4.8 63 6.2 -1.5 288 1 310.6 311.3 289.8 323.5 4.11 9 600 4415 -3.7 -15.1 41 11.4 -7.7 351 2 311.9 312.2 288.2 318.3 1.98 10 550 5096 -7.4 -29.6 15 22.2 -12.6 32 9 315.3 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.60 11 500 5832 -11.6 -36.2 11 24.6 -16.3 40 15 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.35 12 450 6629 -17.5 -34.3 22 16.8 -20.6 37 17 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.46 13 400 7499 -24.1 -41.1 19 17.1 -26.3 35 16 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.26 14 350 8457 -31.9 -47.4 20 15.5 -33.3 29 18 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 15 300 9526 -40.7 -51.1 32 10.4 -41.3 21 18 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 16 250 10743 -49.3 -56.0 46 6.7 -49.6 352 17 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12183 -52.4 -67.2 15 14.8 -52.7 346 13 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14049 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 323 15 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.6 336 13 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.93 m Freezing level: 636.11 mb = 3954.02 m = 12972.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.24 mb = 3576.20 m = 11732.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.60 mb = 1554.83 m = 5101.10 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.16 mb = 3254.03 m = 10675.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 294.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.00 mb = 2736.52 m = 8977.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.00 mb = 3863.16 m = 12674.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.00 mb = 10155.29 m = 33317.46 ft B at Equ Level: 289.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.00 mb = 11776.69 m = 38636.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.4 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 58.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 59.25 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s