MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 127 1 950 571 2 900 1038 SFC 894 1093 13.3 8.9 75 4.4 10.7 305 4 295.7 297.1 288.4 318.9 8.01 4 850 1533 21.2 1.0 26 20.1 10.1 176 12 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.3 4.85 5 800 2053 17.3 -0.1 31 17.3 7.9 165 11 309.5 310.4 290.1 324.4 4.76 6 750 2598 12.5 -0.9 39 13.4 5.5 166 9 310.2 311.1 290.3 325.1 4.78 7 700 3171 7.4 -0.7 56 8.1 3.2 186 5 310.7 311.6 290.8 326.8 5.19 8 650 3776 2.4 -3.5 65 5.9 -0.4 262 3 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.0 4.54 9 600 4417 -2.5 -9.6 58 7.1 -5.5 313 5 313.2 313.8 289.7 323.0 3.07 10 550 5101 -7.0 -18.5 39 11.5 -10.8 330 5 315.7 316.0 289.1 321.1 1.61 11 500 5837 -12.1 -24.5 35 12.4 -15.3 322 5 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.9 1.05 12 450 6633 -17.4 -34.7 21 17.2 -20.6 338 6 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.9 0.45 13 400 7504 -23.7 -48.6 8 24.8 -26.3 326 9 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.12 14 350 8463 -31.3 -48.3 17 17.0 -32.7 295 17 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.14 15 300 9537 -39.1 -48.8 35 9.7 -39.8 280 33 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.15 16 250 10760 -49.2 -53.6 60 4.4 -49.3 275 41 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 17 200 12209 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 280 31 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14065 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.9 279 24 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16629 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 312 16 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.93 m Freezing level: 625.63 mb = 4088.32 m = 13412.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.23 mb = 3698.15 m = 12132.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.35 mb = 1661.18 m = 5450.01 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 606.15 mb = 4335.09 m = 14222.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.24 C Cross Totals Index: 13.12 C K Index: 26.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 42.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7980.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.04 mb = 3564.85 m = 11695.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -37.4 tot: -35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.34 Bulk Shear: 6.18 m/s