MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 128 1 950 580 SFC 913 928 27.9 11.9 37 16.0 17.4 309 1 309.0 310.8 293.9 338.4 9.63 3 900 1058 25.2 10.9 41 14.3 16.0 300 1 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.3 9.16 4 850 1555 20.5 7.4 43 13.1 12.5 224 2 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.7 7.60 5 800 2074 16.0 3.7 44 12.4 9.0 195 4 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.4 6.23 6 750 2617 10.8 1.5 52 9.4 5.8 176 4 308.4 309.4 290.5 325.9 5.69 7 700 3187 5.6 -2.7 55 8.3 1.5 134 5 308.7 309.5 289.6 322.6 4.49 8 650 3787 0.9 -7.6 53 8.5 -2.8 84 6 310.0 310.6 288.9 320.5 3.32 9 600 4424 -4.6 -12.8 53 8.2 -7.7 54 5 310.7 311.2 288.2 318.4 2.38 10 550 5104 -8.0 -30.1 15 22.1 -13.1 58 6 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.57 11 500 5839 -11.9 -37.7 10 25.8 -16.6 57 11 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.30 12 450 6636 -17.5 -34.9 20 17.4 -20.7 57 15 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.8 0.44 13 400 7505 -24.5 -30.6 57 6.2 -25.6 51 13 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.75 14 350 8462 -31.9 -45.0 26 13.1 -33.1 42 11 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.20 15 300 9531 -40.9 -52.0 29 11.1 -41.5 29 9 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.10 16 250 10745 -50.3 -57.6 42 7.3 -50.5 346 10 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.06 17 200 12183 -51.9 -67.0 15 15.2 -52.2 350 8 350.6 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14050 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 13 6 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16631 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 354 8 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.29 m Freezing level: 641.79 mb = 3892.00 m = 12768.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.20 mb = 3395.54 m = 11140.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.37 mb = 2927.25 m = 9603.73 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.78 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.00 mb = 3233.33 m = 10607.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 31.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.26 mb = 3113.38 m = 10214.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.26 mb = 3406.80 m = 11177.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.26 mb = 10711.17 m = 35141.21 ft B at Equ Level: 550.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.26 mb = 12473.38 m = 40922.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.3 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 102.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -13.4 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 66.48 Bulk Shear: 8.30 m/s