MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 124 1 950 570 SFC 912 925 13.6 7.5 67 6.1 10.1 232 4 294.4 295.7 287.1 315.0 7.14 3 900 1043 24.0 5.1 29 18.9 13.0 227 8 306.3 307.4 290.3 325.0 6.13 4 850 1540 21.2 1.9 28 19.3 10.4 204 9 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.2 5.15 5 800 2059 16.3 0.8 35 15.5 7.9 182 10 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.2 5.08 6 750 2602 11.0 -0.2 46 11.2 5.1 174 9 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.04 7 700 3172 5.5 -1.2 62 6.7 2.1 172 9 308.6 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.01 8 650 3772 0.9 -11.8 38 12.7 -4.1 157 7 310.0 310.4 288.0 317.6 2.39 9 600 4410 -3.1 -17.7 32 14.5 -8.0 165 7 312.5 312.8 288.0 317.8 1.59 10 550 5092 -7.4 -24.3 25 16.8 -12.1 171 5 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.98 11 500 5829 -11.5 -36.8 10 25.3 -16.3 115 4 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.33 12 450 6626 -17.4 -32.9 25 15.5 -20.4 85 4 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.53 13 400 7495 -24.7 -35.0 38 10.3 -26.3 91 2 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.49 14 350 8450 -32.7 -43.2 34 10.6 -33.7 23 3 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.24 15 300 9517 -41.4 -50.8 36 9.4 -41.9 11 7 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 16 250 10726 -50.9 -57.9 43 7.0 -51.1 45 7 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12163 -52.7 -68.6 13 15.9 -53.1 71 3 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14023 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 294 5 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16611 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 23 3 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.64 m Freezing level: 638.80 mb = 3915.08 m = 12844.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.17 mb = 3369.02 m = 11053.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.03 mb = 1722.97 m = 5652.71 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.92 mb = 4149.79 m = 13614.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.71 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: 27.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6924.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.72 mb = 3651.87 m = 11981.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.8 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 199.8 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -16.9 tot: -16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 5.31 m/s