MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 118 1 950 570 2 900 1042 SFC 895 1095 23.1 10.0 43 13.1 14.8 55 3 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.8 8.62 4 850 1534 18.0 4.5 41 13.5 10.3 81 2 305.0 306.2 289.9 323.9 6.22 5 800 2052 17.5 -2.1 26 19.6 7.3 158 4 309.8 310.5 289.5 322.6 4.09 6 750 2598 13.5 -0.9 37 14.4 5.9 177 6 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.3 4.79 7 700 3174 8.6 -2.2 46 10.8 3.1 214 3 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.64 8 650 3780 3.1 -3.5 62 6.6 -0.2 276 8 312.4 313.3 290.8 326.7 4.54 9 600 4422 -2.2 -15.1 36 12.9 -6.8 283 10 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.1 1.97 10 550 5107 -7.0 -26.8 19 19.8 -12.2 302 12 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.4 0.77 11 500 5842 -11.7 -33.2 15 21.5 -16.2 314 14 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.4 0.47 12 450 6640 -17.2 -38.4 14 21.2 -20.7 308 16 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 13 400 7510 -23.8 -44.6 13 20.7 -26.3 291 14 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.18 14 350 8470 -31.0 -49.3 15 18.2 -32.6 290 20 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.12 15 300 9543 -40.1 -54.9 19 14.8 -40.8 297 24 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.07 16 250 10759 -50.0 -60.1 30 10.1 -50.3 298 28 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.05 17 200 12193 -54.1 -71.3 10 17.2 -54.4 294 34 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14046 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 294 30 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16625 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 319 24 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.61 m Freezing level: 620.68 mb = 4156.84 m = 13637.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.42 mb = 3750.01 m = 12303.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.11 mb = 2743.01 m = 8999.27 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 9.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.09 mb = 4197.08 m = 13769.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.82 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 16.25 C K Index: 23.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7366.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.92 mb = 3472.53 m = 11392.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 16.12 m/s