MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 113 1 950 556 2 900 1029 SFC 888 1142 14.7 5.8 55 8.9 9.7 207 5 297.8 298.9 287.7 316.9 6.51 4 850 1525 21.9 0.6 24 21.3 10.3 192 25 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.8 4.70 5 800 2047 18.3 -1.0 27 19.2 8.0 200 22 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.6 4.45 6 750 2594 14.2 -2.7 31 16.8 5.5 206 13 312.0 312.8 290.3 325.2 4.19 7 700 3171 9.2 -3.5 40 12.7 2.8 203 8 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.0 4.20 8 650 3778 3.4 -3.2 62 6.6 0.1 228 6 312.9 313.7 291.0 327.6 4.65 9 600 4421 -2.1 -5.3 79 3.2 -3.6 292 8 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.4 4.29 10 550 5106 -7.0 -10.4 77 3.4 -8.4 302 8 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.0 3.15 11 500 5843 -11.8 -14.3 81 2.5 -12.7 270 10 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.53 12 450 6641 -17.4 -21.1 73 3.7 -18.4 253 18 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.8 1.58 13 400 7513 -22.9 -35.9 30 13.0 -25.0 248 25 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.45 14 350 8477 -30.3 -39.2 42 8.9 -31.4 255 27 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.37 15 300 9555 -38.4 -46.6 42 8.2 -39.0 276 42 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.19 16 250 10781 -48.5 -52.8 61 4.3 -48.7 267 55 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12219 -53.1 -74.7 6 21.6 -53.5 267 34 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14076 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 276 22 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 316 16 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.82 m Freezing level: 618.86 mb = 4178.69 m = 13709.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.17 mb = 3800.87 m = 12469.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.87 mb = 2295.59 m = 7531.38 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 580.96 mb = 4675.12 m = 15338.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.71 C Cross Totals Index: 12.39 C K Index: 21.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8031.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.62 mb = 3932.68 m = 12902.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -28.9 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.02 Bulk Shear: 17.26 m/s