MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 107 1 950 557 2 900 1035 SFC 894 1094 22.5 7.7 39 14.8 13.6 160 3 305.3 306.7 291.0 327.6 7.39 4 850 1534 22.0 2.6 28 19.5 11.0 161 9 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.0 5.41 5 800 2054 17.0 1.9 36 15.2 8.6 168 8 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.2 5.47 6 750 2599 11.9 -0.3 43 12.1 5.5 166 8 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.0 5.01 7 700 3171 7.5 -6.8 36 14.2 0.9 92 4 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.2 3.29 8 650 3776 2.9 -4.7 57 7.6 -0.7 42 13 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.3 4.13 9 600 4418 -2.3 -8.7 61 6.4 -5.0 30 12 313.4 314.1 290.0 324.0 3.30 10 550 5103 -6.9 -18.6 39 11.7 -10.7 4 10 315.9 316.2 289.1 321.2 1.60 11 500 5839 -11.5 -36.1 11 24.6 -16.2 355 11 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.35 12 450 6638 -16.4 -46.1 6 29.6 -20.5 339 13 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.14 13 400 7512 -22.8 -46.2 10 23.3 -25.6 311 13 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.15 14 350 8477 -29.0 -40.5 32 11.5 -30.4 304 24 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.32 15 300 9561 -37.0 -42.7 56 5.7 -37.6 285 38 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.29 16 250 10794 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 264 39 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12228 -54.6 -70.5 12 15.9 -54.9 300 28 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14081 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 290 22 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 322 12 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.01 m Freezing level: 622.24 mb = 4132.44 m = 13557.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.61 mb = 3496.96 m = 11472.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.97 mb = 2960.92 m = 9714.20 ft T: 9.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.99 mb = 4246.17 m = 13930.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.52 C Cross Totals Index: 14.06 C K Index: 21.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7315.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.72 mb = 3729.55 m = 12235.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 19.7 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 49.7 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -27.1 tot: -20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 29.71 m/s