MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 81 1 950 537 2 900 1018 SFC 887 1144 27.4 6.2 26 21.3 14.5 173 12 311.1 312.3 292.2 331.8 6.70 4 850 1520 23.5 3.4 27 20.2 11.9 176 19 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.74 5 800 2043 18.4 1.8 33 16.6 9.1 178 20 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.7 5.44 6 750 2592 14.6 -2.1 31 16.7 5.9 188 13 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.2 4.36 7 700 3169 9.4 -2.6 43 12.0 3.3 187 8 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.2 4.52 8 650 3778 3.6 -2.4 65 6.0 0.6 202 4 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.7 4.94 9 600 4421 -1.8 -6.1 73 4.2 -3.8 292 5 314.0 314.8 290.8 326.9 4.06 10 550 5107 -6.5 -21.7 29 15.2 -11.1 285 6 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.5 1.22 11 500 5844 -11.4 -33.8 14 22.4 -16.0 241 5 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.7 0.44 12 450 6642 -17.2 -32.1 26 14.9 -20.1 244 8 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.58 13 400 7513 -24.1 -25.9 85 1.7 -24.5 256 15 323.6 323.9 291.0 327.7 1.16 14 350 8474 -30.5 -40.3 38 9.7 -31.7 275 30 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.33 15 300 9550 -39.2 -46.1 48 6.8 -39.8 280 42 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.9 0.20 16 250 10773 -48.4 -56.2 40 7.7 -48.7 270 56 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.08 17 200 12219 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 270 30 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14079 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 280 25 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 298 14 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.44 m Freezing level: 616.83 mb = 4204.46 m = 13793.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.11 mb = 3863.28 m = 12674.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.97 mb = 3790.34 m = 12435.34 ft T: 3.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 5.65 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.98 mb = 4354.58 m = 14286.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.94 C Cross Totals Index: 14.77 C K Index: 26.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.30 mb = 4024.94 m = 13205.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 435.30 mb = 6887.31 m = 22595.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.30 mb = 7782.02 m = 25531.27 ft B at Equ Level: 5.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 365.30 mb = 8165.83 m = 26790.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -14.7 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 12.98 m/s