MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 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 102 1 950 554 2 900 1030 SFC 893 1095 25.4 8.8 35 16.5 15.0 167 9 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.7 7.99 4 850 1526 20.2 3.3 33 16.9 10.6 185 21 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.8 5.70 5 800 2045 16.5 0.2 33 16.3 7.8 181 20 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.8 4.85 6 750 2589 12.1 -2.6 36 14.7 4.6 177 16 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.9 4.20 7 700 3161 7.4 -6.8 36 14.2 0.8 168 9 310.6 311.3 289.0 321.0 3.27 8 650 3766 3.3 -12.7 30 16.0 -3.0 55 6 312.7 313.2 288.7 320.0 2.22 9 600 4409 -1.2 -18.4 26 17.2 -7.1 40 9 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.7 1.49 10 550 5095 -6.2 -24.4 22 18.2 -11.3 57 5 316.8 316.9 288.8 320.1 0.96 11 500 5834 -10.8 -22.4 38 11.6 -14.1 287 1 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.2 1.27 12 450 6634 -16.5 -24.6 50 8.1 -18.6 265 6 322.4 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.15 13 400 7508 -22.6 -26.1 73 3.5 -23.4 259 11 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.6 1.13 14 350 8475 -29.2 -33.0 70 3.8 -29.8 249 18 329.4 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.68 15 300 9556 -38.0 -42.5 63 4.5 -38.4 247 19 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 16 250 10783 -48.7 -52.6 64 3.9 -48.8 243 26 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12219 -53.2 -71.2 9 18.0 -53.5 253 28 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14074 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 288 20 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16644 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 310 13 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.60 m Freezing level: 613.46 mb = 4235.79 m = 13896.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.14 mb = 3288.95 m = 10790.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.21 mb = 3158.86 m = 10363.58 ft T: 7.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.95 mb = 4382.74 m = 14378.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 14.08 C K Index: 20.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6841.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.61 mb = 3658.60 m = 12003.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.1 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 201.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -56.5 tot: -37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 5.68 m/s