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: 51.79,-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 104 1 950 554 2 900 1030 SFC 888 1145 25.3 10.8 40 14.5 15.9 144 4 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.6 9.16 4 850 1526 20.1 8.1 46 12.1 12.7 179 6 307.2 308.7 292.1 331.5 7.98 5 800 2047 18.4 -1.4 26 19.8 7.9 198 18 310.8 311.6 290.0 324.3 4.31 6 750 2595 14.0 0.1 38 13.9 6.5 195 13 311.7 312.7 291.1 327.8 5.12 7 700 3171 8.8 0.5 56 8.3 4.3 200 9 312.2 313.3 291.7 329.9 5.67 8 650 3779 3.3 -4.1 58 7.4 -0.3 220 8 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.35 9 600 4421 -2.1 -12.8 44 10.6 -6.2 240 8 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.4 2.39 10 550 5106 -6.1 -30.1 13 24.0 -11.9 242 4 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.8 0.57 11 500 5844 -11.3 -38.3 9 27.0 -16.2 232 5 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.28 12 450 6642 -17.5 -42.8 9 25.3 -21.1 230 6 321.2 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.19 13 400 7510 -24.6 -45.9 12 21.3 -26.9 249 8 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.16 14 350 8466 -32.4 -46.6 23 14.2 -33.6 259 12 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.17 15 300 9534 -40.7 -50.5 34 9.9 -41.2 271 26 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.12 16 250 10750 -49.4 -61.0 25 11.6 -49.7 274 36 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 12200 -50.7 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 276 24 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14062 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 274 17 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16635 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 307 17 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.11 m Freezing level: 619.41 mb = 4171.36 m = 13685.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.99 mb = 3741.00 m = 12273.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.53 mb = 2964.63 m = 9726.37 ft T: 10.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.08 mb = 3977.44 m = 13049.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 31.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.48 mb = 3512.12 m = 11522.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 486.48 mb = 6051.40 m = 19853.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.48 mb = 9841.83 m = 32289.07 ft B at Equ Level: 134.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.48 mb = 11111.36 m = 36454.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -9.9 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 35.80 Bulk Shear: 3.88 m/s