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: 51.79,-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 106 1 950 561 2 900 1035 SFC 889 1144 19.5 10.2 55 9.3 13.7 268 4 302.7 304.3 291.4 329.0 8.83 4 850 1531 22.0 4.8 32 17.3 11.9 200 10 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.7 6.33 5 800 2053 18.0 1.0 32 17.0 8.6 192 17 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.3 5.13 6 750 2600 13.7 -2.5 32 16.3 5.4 196 15 311.5 312.3 290.2 324.8 4.23 7 700 3176 9.0 -3.1 42 12.1 2.9 196 11 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.2 4.34 8 650 3783 3.4 -2.7 64 6.1 0.3 199 9 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.82 9 600 4427 -1.9 -3.8 87 1.9 -2.9 212 9 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.81 10 550 5112 -7.2 -12.2 68 5.0 -9.1 225 8 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.73 11 500 5847 -12.1 -17.9 62 5.7 -14.0 227 12 318.2 318.6 290.1 324.5 1.88 12 450 6645 -17.4 -19.1 87 1.7 -17.9 246 18 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.88 13 400 7515 -24.1 -28.4 67 4.3 -24.9 267 20 323.7 323.9 290.9 326.9 0.92 14 350 8477 -30.5 -37.1 52 6.6 -31.4 281 23 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.45 15 300 9553 -38.9 -44.4 56 5.5 -39.4 285 37 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.25 16 250 10779 -48.1 -54.5 48 6.4 -48.4 270 64 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12225 -51.0 -75.3 4 24.3 -51.4 272 35 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14087 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 285 23 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16659 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 295 15 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.12 m Freezing level: 618.20 mb = 4192.52 m = 13754.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.06 mb = 3844.80 m = 12614.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.09 mb = 2332.06 m = 7651.03 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.90 mb = 4151.47 m = 13620.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.89 C K Index: 26.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6843.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.69 mb = 3600.35 m = 11812.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -10.2 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.98 Bulk Shear: 2.37 m/s