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: 51.79,-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 1 950 570 2 900 1035 SFC 889 1144 17.2 10.1 63 7.1 12.8 274 1 300.3 301.9 290.6 326.1 8.75 4 850 1524 19.4 4.2 37 15.2 10.7 201 3 306.5 307.6 290.3 325.0 6.09 5 800 2044 17.8 4.6 42 13.2 10.1 192 6 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.7 6.67 6 750 2592 13.8 3.3 49 10.4 7.8 183 7 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.7 6.50 7 700 3169 8.8 -0.8 51 9.6 3.8 199 6 312.3 313.2 291.3 328.5 5.17 8 650 3776 3.1 -3.9 60 7.0 -0.3 216 6 312.5 313.4 290.7 326.5 4.42 9 600 4417 -2.5 -10.5 54 8.0 -5.8 239 8 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.5 2.87 10 550 5102 -6.5 -27.0 18 20.4 -11.8 273 4 316.3 316.5 288.4 319.0 0.76 11 500 5839 -11.5 -39.3 8 27.7 -16.4 279 2 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.25 12 450 6636 -17.7 -41.0 11 23.4 -21.2 281 3 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.23 13 400 7503 -24.8 -44.4 14 19.7 -27.1 287 7 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.18 14 350 8458 -32.6 -49.8 16 17.2 -33.9 289 12 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.12 15 300 9525 -40.8 -53.7 24 12.9 -41.4 281 25 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.09 16 250 10741 -49.3 -58.4 34 9.1 -49.6 277 38 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12192 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 284 27 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14055 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 291 17 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16632 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 299 16 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.24 m Freezing level: 622.20 mb = 4132.62 m = 13558.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.38 mb = 3733.36 m = 12248.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.02 mb = 2054.86 m = 6741.58 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.73 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.43 mb = 3945.00 m = 12942.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.02 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 25.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 408.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.20 mb = 3272.35 m = 10735.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 406.20 mb = 7390.02 m = 24245.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.20 mb = 8534.12 m = 27998.73 ft B at Equ Level: 43.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.20 mb = 9839.39 m = 32281.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 54.47 Bulk Shear: 0.81 m/s