MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 120 1 950 568 2 900 1041 SFC 895 1094 19.3 8.0 48 11.3 12.5 286 2 301.9 303.3 290.0 324.3 7.52 4 850 1538 21.4 2.0 28 19.5 10.6 166 12 308.6 309.6 290.2 324.7 5.19 5 800 2058 16.8 1.2 35 15.6 8.2 167 7 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.2 5.21 6 750 2602 11.5 0.7 47 10.8 5.7 167 4 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.8 5.38 7 700 3173 6.6 -3.4 49 10.1 1.7 80 2 309.8 310.6 289.7 323.1 4.24 8 650 3777 2.4 -5.7 55 8.1 -1.4 53 13 311.7 312.4 289.9 323.9 3.85 9 600 4417 -3.0 -9.3 61 6.4 -5.7 46 11 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.14 10 550 5100 -6.9 -28.1 17 21.2 -12.2 31 11 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.3 0.69 11 500 5837 -11.4 -38.4 9 27.0 -16.3 22 13 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.28 12 450 6636 -16.6 -43.5 8 26.9 -20.5 15 13 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.18 13 400 7509 -23.0 -47.2 9 24.2 -25.7 354 11 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.14 14 350 8474 -29.6 -38.9 40 9.3 -30.8 307 15 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.38 15 300 9555 -37.7 -51.6 22 13.9 -38.6 295 27 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 16 250 10785 -48.2 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.4 278 38 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12220 -54.4 -69.8 13 15.4 -54.7 295 24 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14077 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 304 21 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16656 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 324 12 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.69 m Freezing level: 627.81 mb = 4060.87 m = 13322.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.06 mb = 3504.85 m = 11498.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.87 mb = 2536.28 m = 8321.01 ft T: 12.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.11 mb = 4204.97 m = 13795.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 13.34 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 60.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8306.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.18 mb = 3650.13 m = 11975.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.6 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 73.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -57.5 tot: -38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 32.72 m/s