MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 91 1 950 549 2 900 1028 SFC 893 1094 27.0 9.3 33 17.7 15.7 98 4 310.0 311.5 293.1 335.2 8.23 4 850 1528 22.3 6.9 37 15.4 12.9 103 4 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.1 7.36 5 800 2050 17.2 6.2 48 10.9 10.6 108 4 309.4 310.9 292.3 332.4 7.46 6 750 2596 13.6 -2.3 33 15.9 5.4 195 2 311.4 312.2 290.2 324.9 4.30 7 700 3172 8.7 -2.6 45 11.4 2.9 333 3 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.3 4.50 8 650 3779 3.3 -5.3 53 8.6 -0.8 290 6 312.7 313.4 290.3 325.2 3.95 9 600 4422 -1.6 -21.1 21 19.5 -7.7 288 11 314.3 314.5 288.2 318.3 1.18 10 550 5107 -6.7 -28.1 16 21.5 -12.1 293 12 316.2 316.3 288.3 318.6 0.68 11 500 5843 -11.6 -30.6 19 19.0 -15.8 299 13 318.9 319.1 289.0 321.1 0.60 12 450 6641 -17.5 -36.0 18 18.5 -20.7 296 14 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.39 13 400 7511 -23.6 -44.4 13 20.8 -26.1 294 18 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.19 14 350 8472 -30.9 -50.4 13 19.5 -32.4 292 22 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.11 15 300 9546 -39.8 -53.8 21 14.0 -40.5 286 29 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 16 250 10765 -49.0 -58.9 31 9.9 -49.4 285 39 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12212 -51.8 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.2 286 34 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14070 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 296 32 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 317 21 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.83 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4211.62 m = 13817.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.67 mb = 3645.66 m = 11960.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.84 mb = 3303.79 m = 10839.09 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.46 mb = 3760.62 m = 12337.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.78 mb = 3412.19 m = 11194.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.78 mb = 4357.97 m = 14297.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.78 mb = 10380.86 m = 34057.54 ft B at Equ Level: 347.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.78 mb = 12058.96 m = 39563.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 16.51 Bulk Shear: 21.10 m/s