MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 132 1 950 578 2 900 1045 SFC 895 1094 17.8 11.1 65 6.6 13.6 292 1 300.3 302.0 291.0 327.7 9.32 4 850 1539 20.9 -0.1 25 20.9 9.6 161 13 308.0 308.9 289.3 321.9 4.47 5 800 2058 17.1 -1.1 29 18.2 7.5 159 14 309.4 310.2 289.7 323.2 4.41 6 750 2603 12.3 -1.3 39 13.7 5.2 155 11 310.0 310.9 290.1 324.4 4.63 7 700 3176 7.3 -1.4 54 8.7 2.8 175 7 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.0 4.93 8 650 3781 2.2 -3.1 68 5.3 -0.4 242 3 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.1 4.67 9 600 4421 -2.8 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.4 301 4 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.2 3.22 10 550 5105 -7.1 -18.4 40 11.3 -10.8 326 2 315.7 316.0 289.1 321.1 1.63 11 500 5841 -11.9 -26.1 30 14.1 -15.5 347 1 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.6 0.91 12 450 6638 -17.0 -43.6 8 26.6 -20.8 29 2 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.18 13 400 7509 -23.7 -47.1 10 23.4 -26.3 290 4 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 14 350 8469 -31.0 -44.5 25 13.5 -32.4 286 15 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.21 15 300 9544 -39.1 -44.8 55 5.7 -39.6 277 31 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.23 16 250 10765 -49.4 -55.2 51 5.8 -49.6 272 34 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.09 17 200 12211 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 278 27 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14065 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 278 22 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16635 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 311 15 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.32 m Freezing level: 627.93 mb = 4063.28 m = 13330.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.84 mb = 3695.21 m = 12123.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.66 mb = 1944.80 m = 6380.51 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.18 mb = 4299.54 m = 14105.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 11.87 C K Index: 24.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 28.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8514.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.34 mb = 3651.91 m = 11981.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.5 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 201.5 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -30.1 tot: -25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.94 Bulk Shear: 0.84 m/s