MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 115 1 950 565 2 900 1038 SFC 894 1093 18.4 6.1 44 12.3 11.3 190 5 301.1 302.3 289.0 320.8 6.61 4 850 1536 22.5 0.8 24 21.7 10.5 175 26 309.7 310.6 290.2 324.6 4.77 5 800 2058 18.0 -0.6 28 18.6 8.0 181 20 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.7 4.58 6 750 2604 12.7 -2.3 35 15.0 5.0 185 18 310.3 311.2 289.9 323.8 4.29 7 700 3178 8.2 -10.6 25 18.8 0.2 179 11 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.5 2.44 8 650 3783 3.3 -9.0 40 12.3 -2.0 114 6 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.3 2.98 9 600 4426 -2.1 -8.9 60 6.8 -5.0 18 5 313.7 314.4 290.0 324.2 3.26 10 550 5111 -6.1 -23.8 23 17.7 -11.2 308 2 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.3 1.02 11 500 5850 -10.7 -29.0 21 18.3 -15.0 245 5 320.0 320.2 289.5 322.5 0.70 12 450 6651 -16.3 -22.2 60 5.9 -17.9 243 9 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.7 1.43 13 400 7525 -23.1 -29.1 58 6.0 -24.3 253 15 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.87 14 350 8490 -29.7 -42.2 29 12.5 -31.2 271 16 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 15 300 9570 -37.7 -44.7 48 7.0 -38.3 278 32 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 16 250 10803 -47.5 -52.5 57 5.0 -47.7 262 52 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 17 200 12243 -53.4 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.7 274 33 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14096 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.3 281 21 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16667 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 300 19 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.04 m Freezing level: 619.21 mb = 4178.75 m = 13709.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.61 mb = 3228.97 m = 10593.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.71 mb = 2673.96 m = 8772.72 ft T: 12.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.62 mb = 4657.10 m = 15279.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.17 C Cross Totals Index: 11.47 C K Index: 15.21 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 67.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7709.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.12 mb = 3931.15 m = 12897.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -54.2 tot: -36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 7.23 m/s