MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 110 1 950 562 2 900 1037 SFC 894 1095 24.8 10.1 40 14.6 15.4 173 7 307.6 309.2 292.8 334.1 8.72 4 850 1532 20.1 3.7 34 16.4 10.7 193 19 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.1 5.86 5 800 2053 17.9 -3.4 23 21.3 7.1 184 24 310.2 310.9 289.3 322.0 3.72 6 750 2599 13.5 -3.8 30 17.2 4.8 183 18 311.2 311.9 289.8 323.4 3.86 7 700 3174 8.6 -3.6 42 12.2 2.5 177 9 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.3 4.19 8 650 3781 3.1 -4.2 58 7.3 -0.4 177 3 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.1 4.30 9 600 4423 -2.3 -7.9 66 5.6 -4.8 279 6 313.4 314.1 290.2 324.7 3.52 10 550 5107 -6.6 -23.4 25 16.9 -11.4 303 4 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.9 1.05 11 500 5845 -11.2 -36.8 10 25.7 -16.0 293 3 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.6 0.33 12 450 6644 -17.0 -41.5 10 24.5 -20.7 259 4 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.22 13 400 7514 -23.9 -38.8 24 15.0 -26.0 271 11 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 14 350 8473 -31.7 -34.6 76 2.8 -32.1 276 19 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.58 15 300 9546 -39.7 -48.6 38 9.0 -40.3 277 31 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.15 16 250 10765 -49.0 -57.7 36 8.6 -49.3 277 39 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 17 200 12212 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.5 278 25 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14072 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 274 20 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16642 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 308 17 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.01 m Freezing level: 621.44 mb = 4147.44 m = 13606.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.51 mb = 3686.79 m = 12095.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.64 mb = 2932.00 m = 9619.29 ft T: 10.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.94 mb = 4277.88 m = 14034.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 14.82 C K Index: 22.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7374.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.84 mb = 3732.59 m = 12245.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -44.7 tot: -17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 4.91 m/s