MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 116 1 950 571 SFC 913 928 30.0 7.5 24 22.5 16.0 168 1 311.2 312.5 292.6 333.3 7.13 3 900 1051 27.2 6.3 26 21.0 14.6 168 1 309.6 310.8 291.7 330.0 6.64 4 850 1551 22.1 5.3 33 16.8 12.1 164 2 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.5 6.58 5 800 2072 17.0 4.3 43 12.6 9.6 161 2 309.2 310.5 291.5 329.4 6.53 6 750 2617 11.6 3.4 57 8.2 7.0 157 2 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.3 6.53 7 700 3189 6.0 2.3 77 3.7 4.0 154 2 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.1 6.47 8 650 3790 0.5 -2.8 79 3.2 -1.1 135 3 309.5 310.4 290.1 324.5 4.81 9 600 4426 -4.7 -12.4 55 7.8 -7.6 103 4 310.7 311.2 288.3 318.6 2.45 10 550 5106 -7.8 -31.4 13 23.6 -13.0 69 4 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.51 11 500 5842 -11.6 -37.2 10 25.6 -16.4 63 7 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.0 0.31 12 450 6640 -17.3 -30.0 32 12.7 -20.0 63 11 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.0 0.71 13 400 7510 -24.2 -35.0 36 10.8 -25.9 52 9 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.49 14 350 8468 -31.9 -46.3 23 14.3 -33.2 28 7 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.3 0.17 15 300 9537 -40.8 -52.0 29 11.2 -41.4 10 7 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.10 16 250 10750 -50.2 -57.5 42 7.3 -50.5 14 5 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 17 200 12190 -51.6 -68.1 12 16.5 -52.0 355 4 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14055 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 308 6 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16642 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 323 6 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.59 m Freezing level: 645.39 mb = 3848.58 m = 12626.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.73 mb = 3657.10 m = 11998.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.51 mb = 3709.06 m = 12168.70 ft T: 1.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.59 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.91 mb = 3642.52 m = 11950.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.43 mb = 3648.40 m = 11969.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.43 mb = 3709.97 m = 12171.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.43 mb = 9844.80 m = 32298.83 ft B at Equ Level: 222.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.43 mb = 11680.74 m = 38322.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.9 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 116.9 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -1.0 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 90.70 Bulk Shear: 2.46 m/s