MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 118 1 950 573 2 900 1049 SFC 895 1095 25.7 7.9 32 17.9 14.7 155 8 308.5 309.9 292.1 331.3 7.47 4 850 1545 20.2 2.8 32 17.4 10.4 166 13 307.4 308.4 290.0 324.3 5.52 5 800 2064 16.9 -1.7 28 18.6 7.2 164 19 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.4 4.23 6 750 2609 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 4.8 163 16 310.1 310.9 289.8 323.3 4.21 7 700 3182 7.1 -2.2 52 9.3 2.4 169 11 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.9 4.66 8 650 3786 2.1 -3.0 69 5.2 -0.4 196 4 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.2 4.71 9 600 4426 -2.7 -8.3 65 5.6 -5.1 305 3 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.9 3.41 10 550 5110 -7.1 -19.1 38 12.0 -10.9 308 1 315.6 315.9 289.0 320.7 1.53 11 500 5846 -11.8 -27.5 26 15.7 -15.6 141 1 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.4 0.80 12 450 6644 -16.9 -43.5 8 26.6 -20.7 140 2 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.7 0.18 13 400 7515 -23.7 -45.1 12 21.5 -26.2 261 5 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.17 14 350 8476 -30.8 -44.3 25 13.5 -32.1 284 12 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.21 15 300 9552 -38.9 -46.3 46 7.3 -39.5 281 27 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.20 16 250 10774 -49.3 -55.0 51 5.8 -49.4 263 35 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 17 200 12221 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 265 27 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14078 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 280 21 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16649 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 304 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.01 m Freezing level: 628.00 mb = 4067.76 m = 13345.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.94 mb = 3699.44 m = 12137.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.13 mb = 3321.46 m = 10897.05 ft T: 5.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.95 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.35 mb = 4289.53 m = 14073.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.07 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 25.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6949.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.68 mb = 3802.29 m = 12474.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.9 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 198.9 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 2.10 m/s