MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 128 1 950 567 2 900 1030 SFC 893 1093 11.1 9.8 92 1.3 10.3 265 4 293.6 295.1 288.1 318.1 8.53 4 850 1519 20.2 5.1 37 15.1 11.4 227 12 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.1 6.50 5 800 2040 18.4 1.0 31 17.4 8.8 206 17 310.8 311.7 290.8 326.8 5.13 6 750 2588 13.8 -0.6 37 14.4 6.1 210 11 311.6 312.5 290.8 326.8 4.87 7 700 3164 8.8 -3.0 43 11.8 2.8 221 8 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.0 4.37 8 650 3771 3.3 -4.5 57 7.7 -0.4 261 4 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.0 4.23 9 600 4413 -2.4 -8.3 64 5.9 -5.0 296 3 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.3 3.41 10 550 5097 -6.9 -22.4 28 15.6 -11.4 303 6 315.9 316.2 288.7 319.9 1.15 11 500 5834 -11.6 -37.2 10 25.6 -16.3 318 6 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.31 12 450 6631 -17.5 -41.9 10 24.4 -21.1 331 7 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.21 13 400 7499 -24.6 -45.9 12 21.3 -26.9 315 11 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.16 14 350 8456 -31.8 -50.6 14 18.7 -33.3 294 18 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.11 15 300 9527 -39.7 -47.5 43 7.8 -40.2 282 34 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.18 16 250 10748 -48.5 -57.5 35 8.9 -48.8 277 41 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12198 -51.1 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 281 30 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14061 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 285 22 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16637 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 307 16 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.62 m Freezing level: 621.30 mb = 4139.58 m = 13581.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.84 mb = 3685.29 m = 12090.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.93 mb = 1261.70 m = 4139.40 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.83 mb = 4049.37 m = 13285.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.01 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.70 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7704.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.05 mb = 3222.24 m = 10571.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -21.5 tot: -18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 51.59 Bulk Shear: 1.40 m/s