MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 51.79,-114.64 Latitude: 51.79 Longitude: -114.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 559 2 900 1025 SFC 888 1143 16.5 9.6 64 6.9 12.3 252 2 299.7 301.2 290.2 324.6 8.46 4 850 1516 20.4 0.9 27 19.5 9.8 197 13 307.5 308.5 289.5 322.4 4.82 5 800 2037 18.0 -2.3 25 20.3 7.5 192 13 310.3 311.1 289.6 323.0 4.03 6 750 2584 13.7 -1.8 34 15.6 5.6 191 8 311.5 312.3 290.4 325.5 4.45 7 700 3159 8.8 -1.1 50 9.9 3.6 220 2 312.2 313.1 291.2 328.0 5.04 8 650 3767 3.4 -2.7 64 6.1 0.4 26 1 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.83 9 600 4409 -2.1 -5.5 78 3.3 -3.7 26 2 313.6 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.24 10 550 5094 -7.3 -10.4 78 3.1 -8.6 327 3 315.4 316.0 290.5 325.6 3.14 11 500 5829 -12.3 -18.8 59 6.5 -14.3 289 7 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.74 12 450 6627 -17.1 -31.8 27 14.8 -20.0 278 15 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.9 0.59 13 400 7499 -23.1 -27.7 66 4.6 -24.1 264 25 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.5 0.98 14 350 8462 -30.3 -34.0 70 3.6 -30.9 252 31 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.62 15 300 9540 -38.6 -44.7 52 6.2 -39.1 264 36 331.0 331.1 292.2 332.0 0.24 16 250 10765 -49.2 -54.5 54 5.3 -49.3 260 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12205 -51.8 -71.6 8 19.7 -52.2 259 29 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14068 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 287 17 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16642 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 314 13 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.21 m Freezing level: 619.28 mb = 4161.61 m = 13653.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.41 mb = 3823.59 m = 12544.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.26 mb = 2033.76 m = 6672.37 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 2.13 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.82 mb = 4530.82 m = 14864.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lifted Index: 2.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.49 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.73 C Cross Totals Index: 13.23 C K Index: 23.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 44.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7965.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.74 mb = 3794.58 m = 12449.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -24.0 tot: -18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.73 Bulk Shear: 6.46 m/s