MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 94 1 950 551 2 900 1031 SFC 894 1095 28.4 5.5 23 22.9 14.6 179 14 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.2 6.35 4 850 1532 22.8 2.3 26 20.5 11.2 182 19 310.0 311.1 290.7 326.6 5.32 5 800 2054 17.6 1.2 33 16.5 8.6 183 20 309.9 310.9 290.6 326.1 5.20 6 750 2600 13.2 -5.0 28 18.1 4.3 187 22 310.9 311.5 289.3 322.0 3.52 7 700 3175 8.5 -3.8 42 12.3 2.4 177 13 311.8 312.6 290.2 324.9 4.12 8 650 3781 3.3 -4.7 55 8.1 -0.5 176 3 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.8 4.14 9 600 4424 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.6 -4.1 310 6 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.1 3.87 10 550 5109 -6.4 -24.0 23 17.6 -11.4 321 3 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.8 0.99 11 500 5847 -10.9 -36.4 10 25.4 -15.9 279 1 319.7 319.8 289.0 321.0 0.34 12 450 6646 -16.8 -37.9 14 21.1 -20.4 263 5 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.33 13 400 7518 -23.5 -28.1 66 4.5 -24.5 282 13 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.7 0.95 14 350 8479 -30.7 -38.3 47 7.7 -31.6 279 24 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.40 15 300 9556 -39.0 -47.5 40 8.5 -39.6 280 34 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.18 16 250 10779 -48.8 -56.0 43 7.2 -49.1 273 42 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12225 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 267 26 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14086 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 271 27 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16658 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 305 15 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.55 m Freezing level: 618.93 mb = 4180.29 m = 13714.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.84 mb = 3670.43 m = 12041.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.38 mb = 3925.75 m = 12879.61 ft T: 2.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.41 mb = 4431.36 m = 14538.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.74 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: 23.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 67.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6425.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.49 mb = 4051.18 m = 13291.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -38.6 tot: -17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 9.56 m/s