MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 94 1 950 550 2 900 1029 SFC 893 1094 26.7 5.8 26 21.0 14.1 167 7 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.6 6.46 4 850 1528 22.4 3.0 28 19.4 11.3 169 9 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.8 5.58 5 800 2050 17.3 1.7 35 15.6 8.6 170 9 309.5 310.6 290.6 326.3 5.40 6 750 2595 12.0 -0.7 41 12.7 5.4 171 8 309.6 310.6 290.2 324.8 4.86 7 700 3168 8.1 -9.8 27 17.9 0.3 58 4 311.4 311.9 288.6 319.8 2.59 8 650 3774 3.4 -4.5 56 7.9 -0.4 31 12 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.21 9 600 4416 -1.9 -8.2 62 6.3 -4.6 20 12 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.0 3.44 10 550 5102 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.5 -8.9 11 8 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.9 2.70 11 500 5838 -11.9 -21.9 43 9.9 -14.7 337 7 318.5 318.8 289.7 323.0 1.33 12 450 6636 -16.8 -45.8 6 29.1 -20.7 299 11 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.14 13 400 7511 -22.3 -48.9 7 26.6 -25.2 287 17 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.11 14 350 8478 -28.8 -49.4 12 20.6 -30.7 290 30 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9561 -37.4 -44.7 46 7.4 -38.0 274 36 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 16 250 10794 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 256 41 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12231 -53.3 -70.6 10 17.3 -53.7 288 31 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14085 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 283 19 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16661 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 325 15 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.13 m Freezing level: 617.97 mb = 4185.43 m = 13731.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.76 mb = 3431.67 m = 11258.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.01 mb = 3698.41 m = 12133.74 ft T: 3.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.91 mb = 4364.25 m = 14318.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.27 C Cross Totals Index: 14.88 C K Index: 19.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6448.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 639.67 mb = 3902.29 m = 12802.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.0 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 32.0 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -172.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -24.7 tot: -22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 37.08 m/s