MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 578 2 900 1040 SFC 894 1094 16.4 10.2 67 6.2 12.6 336 3 298.9 300.5 290.2 324.6 8.75 4 850 1528 18.2 3.1 37 15.1 9.7 176 2 305.2 306.3 289.5 322.4 5.63 5 800 2046 17.4 -2.7 25 20.1 7.1 201 5 309.7 310.4 289.3 322.0 3.92 6 750 2592 13.4 0.8 42 12.6 6.5 192 5 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.41 7 700 3168 8.5 -2.0 48 10.5 3.1 197 2 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.7 4.71 8 650 3774 3.2 -5.6 53 8.7 -0.9 265 6 312.5 313.3 290.2 324.8 3.88 9 600 4416 -2.2 -13.5 42 11.3 -6.5 278 11 313.5 314.0 289.0 320.9 2.25 10 550 5099 -7.3 -25.1 23 17.8 -12.1 289 15 315.4 315.6 288.3 318.5 0.91 11 500 5834 -12.3 -33.0 16 20.7 -16.6 307 18 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.7 0.47 12 450 6630 -17.5 -39.3 13 21.9 -20.9 310 21 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.28 13 400 7499 -24.4 -43.7 15 19.3 -26.7 318 21 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.20 14 350 8456 -32.2 -48.3 19 16.1 -33.6 325 25 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 15 300 9524 -41.0 -53.5 25 12.5 -41.6 326 32 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.09 16 250 10738 -49.8 -60.5 28 10.6 -50.1 320 38 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12175 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 305 34 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14036 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 299 29 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16616 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 311 23 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.11 m Freezing level: 620.77 mb = 4149.08 m = 13612.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.52 mb = 3630.20 m = 11909.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.88 mb = 1888.12 m = 6194.54 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.39 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.28 mb = 4292.63 m = 14083.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.52 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 23.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8777.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.46 mb = 3399.14 m = 11151.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -9.0 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 11.96 m/s