MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 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 130 1 950 572 2 900 1037 SFC 894 1094 17.1 11.4 69 5.7 13.5 280 2 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.5 9.49 4 850 1528 19.7 1.3 29 18.4 9.6 200 17 306.7 307.7 289.3 321.9 4.93 5 800 2048 18.4 -1.1 27 19.5 8.0 185 15 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.6 4.41 6 750 2596 13.9 -2.1 33 16.0 5.6 189 9 311.7 312.5 290.4 325.4 4.36 7 700 3172 8.9 -2.9 43 11.8 2.9 208 4 312.3 313.2 290.6 326.2 4.40 8 650 3779 3.1 -4.4 57 7.6 -0.5 236 2 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.9 4.24 9 600 4420 -2.4 -10.0 56 7.7 -5.5 258 5 313.4 313.9 289.6 322.9 2.97 10 550 5104 -6.9 -24.0 24 17.1 -11.7 290 5 315.9 316.0 288.5 319.3 1.00 11 500 5841 -11.6 -37.2 10 25.6 -16.4 308 3 318.8 318.9 288.7 320.0 0.31 12 450 6638 -17.5 -42.6 9 25.1 -21.1 314 3 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 13 400 7506 -24.4 -45.8 12 21.3 -26.8 297 7 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.16 14 350 8464 -31.8 -46.6 22 14.9 -33.1 288 16 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.16 15 300 9535 -39.7 -46.7 47 7.0 -40.2 281 33 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.19 16 250 10755 -49.0 -57.0 38 8.1 -49.2 277 40 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 17 200 12204 -51.1 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.5 284 29 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14063 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 289 20 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16637 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 299 17 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.36 m Freezing level: 621.55 mb = 4143.67 m = 13594.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.47 mb = 3684.97 m = 12089.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.22 mb = 1823.25 m = 5981.71 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.77 mb = 4290.81 m = 14077.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.91 C K Index: 20.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7541.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.35 mb = 3550.59 m = 11648.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -42.5 tot: -42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.22 Bulk Shear: 3.07 m/s