MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 141 1 950 587 SFC 913 927 18.4 12.0 67 6.3 14.4 298 3 299.2 301.0 291.0 327.6 9.71 3 900 1054 20.3 10.5 53 9.8 14.2 334 4 302.4 304.1 291.4 328.9 8.91 4 850 1549 20.8 5.7 37 15.1 11.9 230 3 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.7 6.78 5 800 2068 16.0 4.1 45 11.9 9.2 186 4 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.9 6.42 6 750 2612 10.9 1.9 54 9.0 6.0 153 4 308.4 309.5 290.7 326.5 5.87 7 700 3181 5.7 -2.0 58 7.7 1.8 116 6 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.5 4.73 8 650 3782 1.0 -7.5 53 8.5 -2.7 70 6 310.1 310.8 289.0 320.7 3.35 9 600 4419 -4.7 -12.0 56 7.4 -7.4 30 6 310.7 311.2 288.3 318.9 2.54 10 550 5098 -8.2 -28.6 18 20.4 -13.1 35 8 314.3 314.5 287.6 316.6 0.66 11 500 5833 -12.1 -37.6 10 25.5 -16.7 42 13 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.4 0.30 12 450 6629 -17.6 -37.9 15 20.2 -21.0 42 17 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.33 13 400 7498 -24.3 -33.8 41 9.4 -25.9 40 18 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.55 14 350 8456 -32.0 -43.7 30 11.7 -33.1 35 16 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.23 15 300 9523 -41.0 -53.1 26 12.0 -41.6 33 15 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.09 16 250 10738 -50.0 -57.4 41 7.4 -50.3 354 15 331.7 331.7 292.2 332.0 0.07 17 200 12177 -52.4 -66.7 16 14.3 -52.7 329 12 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14043 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 341 13 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16628 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 349 13 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.45 m Freezing level: 640.89 mb = 3898.23 m = 12789.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.65 mb = 3420.58 m = 11222.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.02 mb = 1742.59 m = 5717.10 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.91 mb = 3381.80 m = 11095.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.82 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.29 mb = 2979.96 m = 9776.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.29 mb = 4001.91 m = 13129.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.29 mb = 9245.42 m = 30332.39 ft B at Equ Level: 126.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.29 mb = 11212.08 m = 36784.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.7 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 80.7 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -24.0 tot: -20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 11.20 m/s