MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 123 1 950 573 SFC 912 926 17.3 7.2 52 10.1 11.4 220 5 298.1 299.4 288.3 318.7 7.00 3 900 1048 25.2 4.2 26 21.0 13.0 208 10 307.4 308.5 290.3 325.0 5.74 4 850 1546 21.6 2.8 29 18.8 11.0 195 10 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.9 5.52 5 800 2066 16.8 1.6 36 15.2 8.4 176 9 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.6 5.37 6 750 2610 11.6 0.4 46 11.1 5.6 171 8 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.27 7 700 3181 6.0 -0.4 63 6.4 2.7 171 8 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.6 5.32 8 650 3782 0.3 -3.0 79 3.3 -1.3 168 7 309.3 310.2 290.0 324.0 4.73 9 600 4419 -3.8 -11.4 56 7.6 -6.8 160 6 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.2 2.66 10 550 5100 -7.7 -20.9 34 13.2 -11.6 113 5 314.9 315.2 288.5 319.3 1.31 11 500 5836 -11.5 -32.9 15 21.4 -16.0 82 8 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.7 0.48 12 450 6634 -17.3 -29.4 34 12.1 -19.9 68 8 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.75 13 400 7504 -24.4 -35.6 35 11.3 -26.1 77 7 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.46 14 350 8460 -32.3 -43.7 31 11.5 -33.4 46 6 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.23 15 300 9528 -41.2 -50.9 34 9.7 -41.7 11 7 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 16 250 10738 -50.8 -56.8 48 6.1 -51.0 8 8 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.07 17 200 12174 -52.6 -68.7 13 16.1 -52.9 14 4 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14036 -53.3 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 337 3 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16619 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 16 6 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.52 m Freezing level: 646.37 mb = 3828.06 m = 12559.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.17 mb = 3582.67 m = 11754.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.77 mb = 2228.13 m = 7310.05 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.41 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.96 mb = 3968.04 m = 13018.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.12 C Cross Totals Index: 14.33 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7153.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.61 mb = 3724.57 m = 12219.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.9 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 179.9 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -12.5 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 8.31 m/s