MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 123 1 950 570 2 900 1040 SFC 894 1093 15.2 9.8 70 5.4 12.0 325 4 297.7 299.2 289.6 322.7 8.55 4 850 1535 21.6 0.8 25 20.8 10.2 174 15 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.6 4.77 5 800 2056 17.5 0.2 31 17.3 8.1 167 13 309.8 310.7 290.2 324.9 4.85 6 750 2601 12.5 0.2 42 12.4 5.9 166 10 310.2 311.2 290.6 326.3 5.16 7 700 3175 7.3 -0.2 59 7.5 3.3 182 6 310.5 311.6 290.9 327.3 5.39 8 650 3779 2.4 -3.6 65 5.9 -0.5 251 3 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.8 4.51 9 600 4420 -2.4 -9.9 56 7.5 -5.5 326 6 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.0 3.00 10 550 5104 -6.9 -20.7 32 13.8 -11.1 345 7 315.9 316.2 288.9 320.4 1.34 11 500 5841 -11.9 -25.0 33 13.1 -15.3 329 6 318.5 318.7 289.3 322.0 1.01 12 450 6637 -17.6 -27.4 42 9.8 -19.8 307 8 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.2 0.90 13 400 7507 -23.9 -43.2 15 19.3 -26.3 311 11 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.21 14 350 8466 -31.5 -52.5 11 21.1 -33.0 292 20 326.3 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.08 15 300 9537 -39.9 -49.5 35 9.6 -40.5 280 32 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.14 16 250 10759 -48.9 -54.3 53 5.4 -49.1 280 49 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 17 200 12208 -50.9 -72.8 6 22.0 -51.2 282 34 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14070 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 289 21 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16642 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 313 18 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.92 m Freezing level: 625.31 mb = 4095.49 m = 13436.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.94 mb = 3692.34 m = 12113.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.40 mb = 1787.12 m = 5863.17 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 608.20 mb = 4311.21 m = 14144.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 12.71 C K Index: 26.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8167.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.03 mb = 3617.04 m = 11866.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -54.9 tot: -53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.25 Bulk Shear: 11.80 m/s