MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 115 1 950 553 2 900 1027 SFC 888 1142 13.6 4.7 55 8.9 8.8 212 6 296.7 297.8 286.9 314.4 6.05 4 850 1523 22.0 0.6 24 21.4 10.3 195 22 309.2 310.1 289.9 323.9 4.70 5 800 2045 18.1 -0.6 28 18.8 8.1 200 16 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.8 4.56 6 750 2592 13.8 -2.1 33 15.8 5.6 202 10 311.5 312.4 290.4 325.3 4.38 7 700 3168 8.8 -2.6 45 11.3 3.0 205 6 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.5 4.53 8 650 3775 3.2 -2.5 66 5.7 0.4 238 5 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.1 4.91 9 600 4417 -2.4 -4.8 84 2.4 -3.5 296 6 313.4 314.2 291.0 327.6 4.48 10 550 5102 -7.3 -9.5 84 2.2 -8.2 310 6 315.4 316.0 290.7 326.3 3.38 11 500 5837 -12.3 -13.3 92 1.1 -12.6 272 10 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.1 2.74 12 450 6634 -17.7 -21.2 74 3.5 -18.7 258 20 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.4 1.57 13 400 7506 -22.9 -36.0 29 13.1 -25.0 262 27 325.3 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.44 14 350 8470 -29.9 -39.0 41 9.0 -31.1 263 33 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.37 15 300 9549 -38.5 -48.6 34 10.1 -39.2 271 44 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10774 -49.0 -54.4 54 5.3 -49.2 273 55 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12213 -52.4 -75.2 5 22.8 -52.8 264 35 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14074 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 280 24 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16650 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 324 16 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.59 m Freezing level: 621.06 mb = 4146.74 m = 13604.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3834.43 m = 12579.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.71 mb = 2295.24 m = 7530.22 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 583.20 mb = 4640.60 m = 15224.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.29 C Cross Totals Index: 12.86 C K Index: 23.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8065.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.13 mb = 3922.80 m = 12869.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -28.6 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.66 Bulk Shear: 15.20 m/s