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: 51.79,-115.77 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -115.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 570 2 900 1044 3 850 1539 4 800 2057 SFC 794 2117 16.0 9.1 64 6.9 11.7 104 3 308.9 310.6 293.5 336.8 9.18 6 750 2602 11.5 6.5 71 5.0 8.5 109 5 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.9 8.13 7 700 3174 7.1 2.4 72 4.7 4.5 130 4 310.3 311.6 291.8 330.4 6.50 8 650 3779 2.3 -0.6 81 2.9 0.8 192 3 311.6 312.6 291.5 329.2 5.66 9 600 4421 -2.2 -3.2 93 1.0 -2.7 251 4 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.04 10 550 5107 -6.7 -8.6 86 1.9 -7.5 275 5 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.9 3.64 11 500 5844 -11.9 -14.2 84 2.2 -12.8 293 6 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.9 2.56 12 450 6642 -17.5 -20.0 81 2.5 -18.2 299 9 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.2 1.74 13 400 7513 -23.5 -26.3 78 2.8 -24.1 299 12 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.4 1.12 14 350 8474 -30.8 -33.7 75 2.9 -31.2 288 16 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.63 15 300 9549 -39.8 -43.0 72 3.1 -40.1 275 25 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.29 16 250 10765 -50.1 -54.1 63 4.0 -50.2 275 31 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12211 -50.4 -75.2 4 24.8 -50.8 288 26 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 295 25 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 314 19 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.06 m Freezing level: 624.26 mb = 4109.26 m = 13481.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.70 mb = 3919.56 m = 12859.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.60 % Est. max temperature: 18.77 C = 65.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.36 mb = 2982.56 m = 9785.20 ft T: 8.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.63 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.29 mb = 3515.99 m = 11535.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.07 C = 64.53 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.40 mb = 3334.31 m = 10939.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.40 mb = 3761.35 m = 12340.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.40 mb = 10991.79 m = 36061.88 ft B at Equ Level: 474.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.40 mb = 12496.02 m = 40996.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 31.13 Bulk Shear: 15.74 m/s