MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 126 1 950 568 2 900 1041 SFC 895 1093 15.6 3.7 45 12.0 9.1 237 4 298.1 299.1 286.9 314.6 5.56 4 850 1537 21.7 1.7 27 20.0 10.6 195 18 308.9 309.9 290.2 324.7 5.10 5 800 2058 17.0 -0.2 31 17.2 7.8 188 15 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.9 4.70 6 750 2602 12.1 -2.0 37 14.1 4.8 191 11 309.7 310.5 289.8 323.4 4.39 7 700 3175 7.5 -6.5 36 13.9 1.0 172 2 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.5 3.37 8 650 3779 3.0 -10.6 36 13.6 -2.7 35 6 312.3 312.8 289.0 320.8 2.62 9 600 4421 -1.8 -16.4 32 14.6 -7.0 48 4 314.0 314.4 288.7 319.9 1.77 10 550 5107 -6.2 -27.6 17 21.4 -11.8 165 1 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.2 0.72 11 500 5844 -11.0 -32.0 16 20.9 -15.6 243 4 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.52 12 450 6646 -16.0 -29.5 30 13.5 -19.0 265 7 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.7 0.74 13 400 7520 -22.6 -34.0 35 11.4 -24.5 266 10 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.54 14 350 8486 -29.6 -43.9 24 14.3 -31.1 265 15 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 15 300 9567 -38.1 -46.3 42 8.2 -38.8 252 22 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.4 0.20 16 250 10795 -48.4 -51.8 68 3.3 -48.6 257 37 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12230 -54.2 -68.8 15 14.6 -54.5 263 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14079 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 281 23 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16648 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 306 13 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.17 m Freezing level: 618.96 mb = 4177.94 m = 13706.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.24 mb = 3336.62 m = 10946.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.92 mb = 2636.46 m = 8649.71 ft T: 11.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.30 mb = 4698.00 m = 15413.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.77 C K Index: 20.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7940.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.34 mb = 3787.46 m = 12425.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -51.0 tot: -48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.33 Bulk Shear: 3.47 m/s