MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 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 102 1 950 554 2 900 1033 SFC 894 1094 22.0 6.6 37 15.4 12.9 162 5 304.8 306.1 290.4 325.5 6.85 4 850 1533 23.4 0.5 22 22.9 10.7 171 18 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.2 4.65 5 800 2056 18.3 -0.0 29 18.3 8.3 175 18 310.6 311.5 290.4 325.5 4.77 6 750 2603 13.5 -5.4 26 18.9 4.3 178 17 311.2 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.40 7 700 3178 8.6 -6.2 34 14.8 1.7 174 11 312.0 312.7 289.7 323.0 3.44 8 650 3785 3.6 -6.0 49 9.6 -0.9 102 3 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.1 3.77 9 600 4428 -2.0 -8.7 60 6.7 -4.9 4 6 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.4 3.31 10 550 5113 -6.5 -25.2 21 18.7 -11.6 263 1 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.90 11 500 5851 -11.1 -34.7 12 23.6 -15.9 210 6 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.40 12 450 6650 -16.8 -25.3 48 8.5 -18.9 227 9 322.1 322.4 290.6 325.9 1.09 13 400 7523 -23.2 -24.5 89 1.3 -23.5 255 14 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.4 1.31 14 350 8487 -29.8 -40.9 33 11.1 -31.2 290 24 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 15 300 9566 -38.0 -44.5 51 6.5 -38.5 283 34 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 16 250 10797 -47.3 -52.0 59 4.7 -47.6 265 52 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12240 -52.6 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 275 36 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14096 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 287 23 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16663 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 292 16 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.17 m Freezing level: 617.92 mb = 4197.43 m = 13770.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.05 mb = 3572.96 m = 11722.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.01 mb = 3048.16 m = 10000.39 ft T: 9.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 3.54 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.74 mb = 4617.23 m = 15148.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.46 C Cross Totals Index: 11.54 C K Index: 20.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 47.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7230.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.70 mb = 4065.37 m = 13337.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.7 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 215.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -43.4 tot: -15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.62 Bulk Shear: 2.48 m/s