MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 111 1 950 566 SFC 912 928 29.1 6.4 24 22.6 15.3 157 3 310.3 311.5 291.9 330.8 6.63 3 900 1046 27.4 5.3 24 22.1 14.2 158 3 309.8 310.9 291.5 329.0 6.23 4 850 1547 22.5 4.3 31 18.2 11.9 156 3 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.6 6.13 5 800 2068 17.3 3.2 39 14.1 9.3 154 3 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.03 6 750 2614 12.0 2.3 52 9.7 6.6 153 3 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.04 7 700 3186 6.4 1.3 70 5.1 3.7 152 4 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.01 8 650 3787 0.5 -0.1 95 0.7 0.2 151 4 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.7 5.84 9 600 4425 -3.9 -6.6 81 2.7 -5.1 136 5 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.88 10 550 5106 -8.0 -14.7 58 6.7 -10.4 55 3 314.6 315.1 289.3 321.9 2.22 11 500 5842 -11.4 -36.5 11 25.1 -16.2 45 7 319.2 319.2 288.9 320.4 0.34 12 450 6640 -17.3 -27.5 41 10.2 -19.6 51 8 321.5 321.6 290.2 324.6 0.89 13 400 7510 -24.0 -39.9 22 15.9 -26.1 49 6 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.30 14 350 8469 -31.9 -44.9 27 13.0 -33.1 20 6 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.20 15 300 9537 -40.9 -51.2 32 10.4 -41.4 12 6 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 16 250 10750 -50.5 -56.7 47 6.3 -50.7 23 4 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.07 17 200 12187 -52.6 -68.0 14 15.3 -52.9 339 2 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14047 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 340 8 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16632 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 323 9 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.41 m Freezing level: 643.92 mb = 3864.80 m = 12679.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.17 mb = 3809.87 m = 12499.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.36 mb = 3733.04 m = 12247.34 ft T: 1.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.38 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.78 mb = 3777.62 m = 12393.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.86 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.28 mb = 3796.19 m = 12454.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.28 mb = 3857.73 m = 12656.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.28 mb = 5624.65 m = 18453.36 ft B at Equ Level: 54.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.28 mb = 10899.03 m = 35757.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -0.6 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 34.39 Bulk Shear: 1.98 m/s