MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 126 1 950 569 2 900 1041 SFC 895 1093 18.5 6.6 46 11.9 11.6 207 4 301.1 302.4 289.2 321.5 6.84 4 850 1536 20.8 1.3 27 19.5 10.0 194 20 307.9 308.8 289.8 323.2 4.95 5 800 2055 16.3 -0.1 33 16.4 7.6 189 19 308.5 309.4 289.8 323.3 4.75 6 750 2598 11.4 -1.4 41 12.8 4.8 183 17 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.2 4.60 7 700 3169 7.3 -9.2 30 16.5 0.1 170 6 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.3 2.72 8 650 3774 3.4 -7.9 44 11.2 -1.6 38 7 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.2 3.25 9 600 4417 -2.0 -5.6 77 3.5 -3.7 21 10 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.2 4.21 10 550 5103 -6.8 -9.9 79 3.0 -8.1 9 3 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.6 3.28 11 500 5840 -11.1 -20.8 45 9.7 -14.0 264 6 319.5 319.8 290.1 324.4 1.45 12 450 6641 -16.2 -23.6 53 7.3 -18.1 266 14 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.2 1.27 13 400 7517 -21.8 -29.6 49 7.9 -23.4 273 18 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.82 14 350 8486 -28.8 -37.5 43 8.7 -30.0 260 24 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.43 15 300 9568 -37.8 -44.4 50 6.7 -38.3 266 29 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10795 -48.7 -52.1 68 3.3 -48.9 259 34 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12228 -54.6 -67.8 18 13.2 -54.8 260 34 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14081 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 285 21 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16649 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 325 11 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.06 m Freezing level: 618.68 mb = 4177.10 m = 13704.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.10 mb = 3214.75 m = 10546.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.51 mb = 2614.48 m = 8577.58 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.19 mb = 4520.52 m = 14830.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 12.43 C K Index: 16.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8181.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.65 mb = 3703.65 m = 12150.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -97.5 tot: -79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.15 Bulk Shear: 3.36 m/s