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: 51.79,-114.64 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 566 2 900 1030 SFC 888 1142 10.8 6.3 73 4.6 8.3 255 4 293.8 295.0 286.5 313.3 6.73 4 850 1517 18.0 4.4 40 13.6 10.3 143 3 305.0 306.2 289.9 323.8 6.18 5 800 2037 18.0 4.7 41 13.3 10.2 186 4 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.0 6.70 6 750 2585 13.9 1.1 42 12.8 6.8 191 6 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.52 7 700 3161 8.9 -1.4 49 10.2 3.5 205 7 312.3 313.2 291.1 327.8 4.95 8 650 3768 3.2 -3.9 59 7.2 -0.3 217 4 312.6 313.5 290.7 326.5 4.40 9 600 4410 -2.5 -8.9 61 6.4 -5.2 249 5 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.7 3.26 10 550 5094 -6.6 -25.8 20 19.2 -11.7 288 7 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.2 0.85 11 500 5831 -11.5 -40.5 7 29.0 -16.4 306 5 319.0 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.22 12 450 6628 -17.7 -41.9 10 24.3 -21.2 317 6 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.21 13 400 7496 -25.1 -44.2 15 19.1 -27.3 312 9 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.19 14 350 8450 -32.7 -49.7 17 17.0 -34.0 310 15 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.12 15 300 9517 -40.9 -55.2 20 14.4 -41.5 286 27 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 16 250 10733 -48.9 -60.3 25 11.4 -49.3 279 38 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12187 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 280 28 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14052 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 287 19 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16632 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 305 16 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.39 m Freezing level: 621.60 mb = 4132.63 m = 13558.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.59 mb = 3723.05 m = 12214.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.49 mb = 1736.81 m = 5698.12 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.74 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.64 mb = 4048.85 m = 13283.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.88 C K Index: 23.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 63.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8500.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.07 mb = 3160.06 m = 10367.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.33 Bulk Shear: 3.56 m/s