MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 133 1 950 571 2 900 1043 SFC 895 1092 12.6 7.0 69 5.6 9.4 299 6 294.9 296.2 287.2 315.3 7.02 4 850 1537 20.2 2.1 30 18.1 10.2 164 5 307.3 308.3 289.8 323.4 5.24 5 800 2055 15.8 0.8 36 15.0 7.7 130 3 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.7 5.07 6 750 2598 10.9 0.1 47 10.8 5.2 66 7 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.14 7 700 3168 5.8 -3.6 51 9.3 1.3 66 11 308.9 309.6 289.3 321.9 4.19 8 650 3769 1.2 -7.9 50 9.1 -2.8 63 14 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.6 3.23 9 600 4406 -3.8 -13.4 47 9.6 -7.4 45 9 311.7 312.1 288.4 319.0 2.26 10 550 5088 -7.1 -33.6 10 26.5 -12.9 48 9 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.1 0.41 11 500 5824 -11.7 -39.4 8 27.7 -16.6 45 11 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.25 12 450 6621 -16.9 -44.8 7 27.8 -20.8 42 12 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.16 13 400 7494 -23.1 -44.3 12 21.2 -25.7 32 11 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.19 14 350 8457 -30.5 -51.2 11 20.7 -32.2 359 8 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.10 15 300 9532 -39.0 -55.5 16 16.4 -39.9 287 12 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.07 16 250 10755 -49.1 -55.6 46 6.5 -49.4 280 25 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12192 -53.9 -71.1 10 17.2 -54.2 296 22 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 14051 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 295 20 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16631 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 307 12 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.92 m Freezing level: 638.09 mb = 3920.33 m = 12861.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.54 mb = 3348.73 m = 10986.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.54 mb = 1817.75 m = 5963.66 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.19 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.41 mb = 4088.31 m = 13412.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C Cross Totals Index: 13.80 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7981.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.51 mb = 3408.54 m = 11182.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 54.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 84.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -35.6 tot: -30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 27.29 m/s