MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 106 1 950 564 2 900 1043 SFC 895 1095 28.2 6.6 25 21.6 15.0 167 10 311.1 312.4 292.3 332.2 6.84 4 850 1543 22.3 3.8 30 18.5 11.6 169 12 309.6 310.7 291.1 327.8 5.92 5 800 2065 17.3 2.5 37 14.8 9.0 171 13 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.3 5.74 6 750 2610 12.7 -5.0 29 17.7 4.1 183 15 310.4 311.1 289.2 321.5 3.52 7 700 3184 7.8 -4.6 41 12.3 1.8 184 10 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.4 3.89 8 650 3789 2.5 -3.7 64 6.2 -0.5 183 2 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.9 4.48 9 600 4430 -2.2 -9.5 57 7.4 -5.3 325 3 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.5 3.09 10 550 5115 -6.6 -21.1 31 14.5 -11.0 234 1 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.7 1.29 11 500 5852 -11.4 -27.8 25 16.3 -15.4 201 3 319.1 319.2 289.3 321.8 0.78 12 450 6651 -16.6 -43.3 8 26.7 -20.5 207 4 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.19 13 400 7523 -23.4 -42.8 15 19.5 -25.8 255 7 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.22 14 350 8485 -30.4 -40.5 37 10.0 -31.6 265 13 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.32 15 300 9563 -38.9 -45.4 50 6.5 -39.4 268 25 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 16 250 10784 -49.1 -54.9 51 5.8 -49.4 258 38 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12231 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -51.9 260 30 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14091 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 276 20 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16662 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 300 14 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.23 m Freezing level: 623.30 mb = 4131.02 m = 13553.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.97 mb = 3652.04 m = 11981.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.74 mb = 3766.75 m = 12357.96 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.53 mb = 4173.27 m = 13691.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.88 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 25.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6384.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.22 mb = 3847.69 m = 12623.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.5 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 215.5 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -10.0 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 3.97 m/s