MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 101 1 950 554 2 900 1032 SFC 894 1094 22.5 10.5 47 12.0 14.8 31 4 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.1 8.93 4 850 1532 22.2 6.4 36 15.7 12.7 96 6 309.4 310.7 292.0 331.3 7.12 5 800 2053 17.3 4.8 44 12.5 10.0 126 6 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.5 6.77 6 750 2599 12.9 -0.1 41 13.0 5.9 166 6 310.6 311.5 290.7 326.4 5.06 7 700 3174 8.3 -2.1 48 10.4 3.0 111 2 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.4 4.70 8 650 3780 2.9 -5.3 55 8.2 -0.9 288 4 312.3 313.0 290.2 324.9 3.97 9 600 4422 -1.9 -13.8 40 11.9 -6.4 300 10 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.2 2.20 10 550 5107 -6.9 -24.1 24 17.2 -11.7 308 12 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.3 0.99 11 500 5843 -11.6 -30.1 20 18.5 -15.8 316 12 318.8 319.0 289.0 321.0 0.62 12 450 6640 -17.4 -36.1 18 18.7 -20.7 309 14 321.4 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.39 13 400 7511 -23.4 -43.5 14 20.1 -25.9 301 16 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.3 0.20 14 350 8472 -31.0 -48.6 16 17.7 -32.5 289 22 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.13 15 300 9545 -39.7 -52.8 24 13.0 -40.5 285 30 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.10 16 250 10766 -48.6 -59.4 28 10.7 -49.0 279 42 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 17 200 12215 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -52.0 281 35 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14070 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 299 28 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16642 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 316 19 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.18 m Freezing level: 619.32 mb = 4174.00 m = 13694.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.69 mb = 3634.31 m = 11923.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.48 mb = 2616.34 m = 8583.67 ft T: 12.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.66 mb = 3759.17 m = 12333.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.47 mb = 3345.63 m = 10976.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.47 mb = 4548.07 m = 14921.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.47 mb = 9761.51 m = 32025.58 ft B at Equ Level: 182.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.47 mb = 11294.27 m = 37054.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 338.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -9.6 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 20.67 m/s