MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 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 107 1 950 561 2 900 1039 SFC 894 1094 22.1 7.6 39 14.6 13.3 167 5 304.9 306.2 290.9 326.9 7.32 4 850 1540 23.1 1.6 24 21.5 11.0 171 16 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.1 5.06 5 800 2062 18.0 1.0 32 17.1 8.6 175 16 310.4 311.3 290.7 326.4 5.13 6 750 2609 12.9 -1.2 38 14.1 5.5 175 16 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.67 7 700 3183 7.8 -4.0 43 11.7 2.0 172 12 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.9 4.07 8 650 3788 2.9 -5.1 56 8.0 -0.9 128 4 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.0 4.03 9 600 4430 -2.0 -9.7 55 7.7 -5.3 345 4 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.6 3.04 10 550 5115 -6.5 -21.4 30 14.9 -11.0 296 2 316.3 316.6 288.9 320.6 1.25 11 500 5852 -11.3 -29.3 21 17.9 -15.5 242 2 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.6 0.68 12 450 6653 -15.9 -38.1 13 22.1 -19.8 279 6 323.2 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.32 13 400 7528 -22.7 -30.3 50 7.6 -24.2 273 11 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.77 14 350 8493 -29.7 -42.5 28 12.7 -31.2 277 15 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.26 15 300 9570 -38.9 -48.8 35 9.8 -39.6 276 26 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 16 250 10796 -47.8 -53.2 54 5.4 -48.0 263 60 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12240 -52.5 -72.8 7 20.2 -52.9 271 34 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14094 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 273 22 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16661 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 303 14 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.06 m Freezing level: 620.57 mb = 4165.98 m = 13667.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.96 mb = 3602.14 m = 11817.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.78 mb = 2939.54 m = 9644.05 ft T: 9.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.45 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.66 mb = 4408.01 m = 14461.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.46 C Cross Totals Index: 12.96 C K Index: 24.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6571.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.00 mb = 3912.36 m = 12835.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 215.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -36.1 tot: -18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s