MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 125 1 950 570 2 900 1043 SFC 895 1093 16.9 5.7 48 11.2 10.6 223 5 299.4 300.6 288.2 318.5 6.43 4 850 1539 21.8 0.5 24 21.3 10.2 190 22 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.5 4.65 5 800 2060 17.4 -0.1 30 17.6 8.0 191 15 309.7 310.6 290.1 324.5 4.74 6 750 2606 12.3 -1.6 38 13.9 5.1 197 13 309.9 310.8 290.0 324.1 4.54 7 700 3178 7.5 -7.3 34 14.8 0.8 204 7 310.8 311.4 289.0 320.8 3.16 8 650 3783 3.0 -8.6 42 11.6 -2.1 33 4 312.4 312.9 289.4 322.2 3.06 9 600 4425 -1.7 -15.4 35 13.6 -6.7 39 4 314.1 314.5 288.9 320.5 1.93 10 550 5111 -6.0 -27.0 17 21.0 -11.5 198 2 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.6 0.76 11 500 5849 -10.9 -32.7 15 21.8 -15.6 213 5 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.49 12 450 6651 -15.8 -34.4 19 18.6 -19.3 242 6 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.46 13 400 7526 -22.5 -34.9 31 12.4 -24.6 250 9 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.49 14 350 8492 -29.5 -43.0 26 13.4 -31.0 254 15 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.8 0.25 15 300 9571 -38.6 -51.2 25 12.6 -39.4 280 20 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 16 250 10797 -48.2 -54.2 50 5.9 -48.5 258 41 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.10 17 200 12236 -53.7 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.9 268 31 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14092 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 273 24 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16665 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 300 13 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.51 m Freezing level: 618.36 mb = 4189.33 m = 13744.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.39 mb = 3338.48 m = 10952.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.41 mb = 2533.74 m = 8312.68 ft T: 12.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.86 mb = 4735.35 m = 15535.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 4.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.68 C Cross Totals Index: 11.35 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 54.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8393.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.16 mb = 3842.98 m = 12608.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.6 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 231.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -43.9 tot: -41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 6.12 m/s