MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 101 1 950 558 2 900 1035 SFC 894 1095 26.6 9.5 34 17.1 15.7 98 4 309.5 311.1 293.1 335.1 8.37 4 850 1533 20.8 7.3 42 13.5 12.6 101 4 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.0 7.58 5 800 2053 17.1 -1.5 28 18.6 7.3 188 5 309.4 310.2 289.6 322.7 4.28 6 750 2599 13.5 -2.7 32 16.3 5.2 198 7 311.3 312.1 290.1 324.4 4.17 7 700 3174 8.7 -1.8 48 10.5 3.3 245 3 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.2 4.79 8 650 3781 3.1 -2.7 65 5.9 0.2 276 7 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.7 4.81 9 600 4423 -2.2 -14.9 37 12.7 -6.8 280 9 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.1 2.00 10 550 5107 -7.1 -26.3 20 19.1 -12.2 298 10 315.6 315.8 288.2 318.4 0.81 11 500 5842 -11.9 -31.5 18 19.5 -16.2 309 12 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.5 0.55 12 450 6639 -17.6 -35.2 20 17.6 -20.8 308 14 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.6 0.42 13 400 7508 -24.2 -43.5 15 19.3 -26.5 296 17 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.20 14 350 8468 -30.9 -50.4 13 19.5 -32.4 294 21 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.11 15 300 9542 -39.9 -55.6 17 15.7 -40.6 285 27 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.07 16 250 10759 -49.9 -60.3 29 10.3 -50.2 280 29 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.05 17 200 12197 -52.9 -71.7 9 18.8 -53.3 293 33 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14056 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.0 -53.1 295 32 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16640 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 309 20 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.56 m Freezing level: 620.79 mb = 4156.31 m = 13636.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.61 mb = 3798.41 m = 12461.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.85 mb = 3223.15 m = 10574.49 ft T: 8.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.01 mb = 3993.68 m = 13102.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 29.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.76 mb = 3535.99 m = 11600.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.76 mb = 4898.91 m = 16072.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.76 mb = 8171.21 m = 26808.12 ft B at Equ Level: 49.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.76 mb = 9890.05 m = 32447.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 19.78 m/s