MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 125 1 950 570 2 900 1041 SFC 895 1093 15.0 7.9 63 7.1 10.9 299 5 297.5 298.8 288.5 319.3 7.48 4 850 1536 20.7 2.0 29 18.7 10.3 172 9 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.9 5.22 5 800 2055 16.3 0.8 35 15.4 7.9 168 5 308.5 309.4 290.0 324.2 5.08 6 750 2598 11.2 0.4 47 10.8 5.4 73 3 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.0 5.25 7 700 3169 6.4 -4.4 46 10.8 1.3 52 8 309.6 310.3 289.3 322.0 3.95 8 650 3771 2.0 -7.5 49 9.5 -2.2 61 13 311.2 311.9 289.3 321.9 3.35 9 600 4411 -3.3 -12.1 50 8.8 -6.7 51 9 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.4 2.52 10 550 5093 -6.8 -33.4 10 26.6 -12.6 47 10 316.0 316.1 287.9 317.5 0.42 11 500 5830 -11.5 -39.3 8 27.8 -16.4 41 11 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.25 12 450 6628 -16.7 -44.6 7 27.9 -20.6 35 14 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.9 0.16 13 400 7501 -22.8 -49.2 7 26.4 -25.6 32 14 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.11 14 350 8465 -30.1 -52.0 10 21.9 -31.8 7 10 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.09 15 300 9543 -38.3 -56.0 14 17.7 -39.3 295 15 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.06 16 250 10771 -48.7 -53.2 60 4.5 -48.9 283 35 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 17 200 12207 -53.7 -71.6 9 17.9 -53.9 289 23 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14066 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 295 19 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16648 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 323 10 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.12 m Freezing level: 631.15 mb = 4012.41 m = 13163.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.92 mb = 3381.61 m = 11094.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.27 mb = 2009.07 m = 6591.37 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.52 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.04 mb = 4161.09 m = 13651.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.25 C Cross Totals Index: 13.59 C K Index: 23.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8513.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.06 mb = 3487.92 m = 11443.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 82.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -50.8 tot: -32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 32.03 m/s