MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 125 1 950 569 SFC 912 925 11.2 6.7 74 4.5 8.8 225 4 292.0 293.2 285.8 311.4 6.76 3 900 1039 22.7 6.1 34 16.5 12.9 214 6 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.8 6.59 4 850 1535 20.7 1.9 29 18.7 10.2 195 10 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.7 5.17 5 800 2054 15.8 0.2 34 15.6 7.5 185 10 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.0 4.85 6 750 2596 10.6 -0.7 46 11.2 4.7 183 9 308.0 309.0 289.7 323.1 4.86 7 700 3165 5.2 -3.9 52 9.1 0.8 182 9 308.3 309.0 289.0 321.0 4.09 8 650 3765 1.4 -17.9 22 19.3 -5.2 169 5 310.6 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.44 9 600 4403 -3.1 -19.9 26 16.8 -8.4 166 5 312.5 312.7 287.7 316.9 1.31 10 550 5085 -7.6 -25.3 23 17.6 -12.3 229 3 315.0 315.2 288.1 318.1 0.89 11 500 5821 -11.8 -38.1 9 26.2 -16.6 293 0 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.29 12 450 6617 -17.8 -34.5 22 16.8 -20.8 45 1 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.5 0.45 13 400 7485 -25.1 -34.3 42 9.1 -26.6 323 3 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.2 0.52 14 350 8439 -33.0 -42.4 38 9.4 -33.9 344 4 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.26 15 300 9503 -41.7 -50.3 39 8.6 -42.2 358 6 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.13 16 250 10712 -50.8 -58.1 42 7.2 -51.1 359 3 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 17 200 12150 -52.8 -69.5 11 16.7 -53.1 257 4 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14013 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 293 7 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16594 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 357 3 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.88 m Freezing level: 634.47 mb = 3963.04 m = 13001.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.04 mb = 3245.54 m = 10647.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.31 mb = 1521.92 m = 4993.12 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.12 mb = 4140.14 m = 13582.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.49 C Cross Totals Index: 13.75 C K Index: 25.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 42.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7060.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.99 mb = 3519.43 m = 11546.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.0 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 216.0 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -10.5 tot: -10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.53 Bulk Shear: 1.00 m/s