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: 51.79,-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 110 1 950 557 2 900 1031 SFC 888 1143 17.7 11.1 65 6.7 13.6 216 5 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.5 9.36 4 850 1529 22.8 0.5 23 22.3 10.5 183 24 310.0 310.9 290.2 324.6 4.66 5 800 2051 18.1 -1.4 27 19.5 7.8 187 25 310.4 311.3 290.0 324.0 4.32 6 750 2598 14.1 -4.4 28 18.5 4.9 194 17 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.6 3.69 7 700 3175 9.0 -2.8 44 11.7 3.0 207 11 312.4 313.3 290.7 326.5 4.46 8 650 3782 3.2 -2.6 66 5.8 0.3 226 11 312.5 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.86 9 600 4424 -2.1 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.1 246 11 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.4 4.62 10 550 5110 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.4 263 10 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.1 3.72 11 500 5847 -11.7 -12.8 92 1.1 -12.2 268 10 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.1 2.85 12 450 6645 -17.8 -20.2 81 2.4 -18.5 249 14 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.6 1.70 13 400 7515 -23.4 -35.2 33 11.9 -25.3 261 17 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.48 14 350 8479 -30.3 -42.7 29 12.5 -31.6 269 25 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 15 300 9556 -38.4 -45.2 49 6.7 -38.9 274 40 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.23 16 250 10784 -47.9 -54.5 46 6.6 -48.2 269 58 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 17 200 12229 -52.1 -76.7 4 24.6 -52.5 273 33 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14088 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 282 21 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16663 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 303 17 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.41 m Freezing level: 619.78 mb = 4170.24 m = 13681.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.26 mb = 3828.18 m = 12559.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.30 mb = 2004.72 m = 6577.07 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.95 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.39 mb = 4471.98 m = 14671.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.55 C Cross Totals Index: 12.20 C K Index: 23.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8100.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.47 mb = 3887.91 m = 12755.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -17.3 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.89 Bulk Shear: 13.15 m/s