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: 51.79,-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 86 1 950 541 2 900 1022 SFC 888 1145 28.6 8.3 28 20.3 15.8 171 12 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.3 7.75 4 850 1524 23.3 5.7 32 17.6 12.7 174 16 310.6 311.9 292.2 331.6 6.79 5 800 2047 18.2 4.4 40 13.8 10.1 177 17 310.5 311.7 291.9 330.8 6.55 6 750 2595 14.4 -3.9 28 18.3 5.2 201 17 312.2 313.0 290.1 324.4 3.83 7 700 3172 9.2 -1.3 48 10.5 3.7 202 10 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.97 8 650 3780 3.4 -2.8 64 6.2 0.3 224 6 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.9 4.78 9 600 4423 -2.2 -9.4 57 7.3 -5.2 261 9 313.6 314.2 289.9 323.7 3.11 10 550 5108 -6.4 -28.2 16 21.7 -11.9 255 5 316.4 316.6 288.3 318.8 0.68 11 500 5845 -11.3 -36.2 11 25.0 -16.1 246 5 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.5 0.34 12 450 6643 -17.3 -40.2 12 22.9 -20.8 238 7 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.26 13 400 7513 -24.3 -32.2 48 7.9 -25.6 257 12 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64 14 350 8471 -31.8 -41.1 39 9.3 -32.8 265 22 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.30 15 300 9542 -39.7 -49.7 34 10.0 -40.3 277 38 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 16 250 10762 -48.9 -57.7 35 8.8 -49.2 275 42 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12212 -50.6 -74.4 4 23.7 -51.1 266 27 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 272 25 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 307 15 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.89 m Freezing level: 619.29 mb = 4174.71 m = 13696.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.16 mb = 3815.19 m = 12516.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.06 mb = 3666.55 m = 12029.21 ft T: 4.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3987.75 m = 13083.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.88 mb = 3743.76 m = 12282.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.88 mb = 4317.83 m = 14165.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.88 mb = 10054.58 m = 32987.05 ft B at Equ Level: 296.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.88 mb = 11960.86 m = 39241.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -8.9 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 25.27 Bulk Shear: 11.81 m/s