MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 122 1 950 571 2 900 1045 SFC 895 1093 18.6 7.7 49 10.9 12.1 216 4 301.1 302.5 289.7 323.0 7.37 4 850 1544 22.7 1.0 24 21.6 10.7 182 19 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.0 4.85 5 800 2066 17.7 0.4 31 17.3 8.3 188 16 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.3 4.91 6 750 2612 12.6 -2.4 35 15.0 4.9 190 16 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.6 4.26 7 700 3185 7.4 -5.2 40 12.6 1.4 191 13 310.7 311.4 289.5 322.4 3.71 8 650 3789 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -1.7 146 2 312.1 312.7 289.7 323.0 3.42 9 600 4431 -2.0 -11.9 46 9.9 -6.0 22 3 313.8 314.3 289.4 322.1 2.55 10 550 5116 -6.3 -24.1 23 17.8 -11.3 190 1 316.6 316.8 288.7 320.0 0.99 11 500 5854 -11.1 -30.7 18 19.6 -15.5 194 3 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.6 0.59 12 450 6655 -15.7 -35.6 16 20.0 -19.4 270 4 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.1 0.41 13 400 7531 -22.4 -34.1 34 11.7 -24.5 267 8 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.53 14 350 8497 -29.6 -40.7 33 11.1 -30.9 273 12 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.31 15 300 9575 -38.9 -50.5 29 11.5 -39.7 284 24 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.12 16 250 10801 -47.6 -53.5 51 5.9 -47.9 262 50 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12243 -53.4 -70.7 10 17.3 -53.7 267 33 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14095 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 268 21 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -58.5 -85.8 2 27.3 -58.9 305 13 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.07 m Freezing level: 621.05 mb = 4160.46 m = 13649.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.47 mb = 3451.38 m = 11323.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.54 mb = 2493.68 m = 8181.25 ft T: 13.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.94 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.90 mb = 4484.79 m = 14713.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.15 C K Index: 22.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7542.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.54 mb = 3831.59 m = 12570.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -32.0 tot: -25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.00 Bulk Shear: 3.34 m/s