MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 110 1 950 564 2 900 1040 SFC 894 1095 26.4 6.4 28 20.0 14.3 181 11 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.1 6.77 4 850 1538 20.8 3.3 32 17.5 10.8 186 14 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.5 5.72 5 800 2057 16.1 -0.5 32 16.6 7.3 193 17 308.3 309.2 289.5 322.6 4.62 6 750 2600 11.3 -2.9 37 14.2 4.2 188 14 308.9 309.7 289.3 321.8 4.12 7 700 3171 7.3 -9.3 30 16.6 0.1 162 5 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.2 2.70 8 650 3776 3.4 -5.6 51 9.1 -0.8 43 9 312.8 313.6 290.3 325.1 3.86 9 600 4419 -2.0 -7.2 68 5.1 -4.3 40 9 313.7 314.5 290.5 325.6 3.72 10 550 5105 -6.7 -10.8 73 4.1 -8.4 28 2 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.0 3.05 11 500 5842 -11.2 -19.8 49 8.6 -13.9 279 6 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.58 12 450 6642 -16.5 -23.3 56 6.7 -18.3 279 11 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.30 13 400 7517 -22.3 -28.9 55 6.6 -23.7 277 17 326.0 326.1 291.5 329.1 0.88 14 350 8484 -29.2 -41.5 29 12.3 -30.6 275 24 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.29 15 300 9567 -37.6 -43.7 53 6.0 -38.2 260 31 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.27 16 250 10794 -48.7 -53.5 57 4.8 -48.9 258 39 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 12229 -54.3 -67.6 18 13.3 -54.5 259 36 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 18 150 14085 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 287 19 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16657 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 299 10 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.93 m Freezing level: 618.68 mb = 4178.61 m = 13709.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.54 mb = 3222.80 m = 10573.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.31 mb = 3573.59 m = 11724.22 ft T: 4.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.54 mb = 4384.84 m = 14385.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 14.54 C K Index: 18.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6969.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.34 mb = 3796.62 m = 12455.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -75.6 tot: -58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 5.38 m/s