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: 51.79,-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 98 1 950 549 2 900 1025 SFC 888 1145 25.3 8.9 35 16.4 15.0 164 2 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.6 8.10 4 850 1522 20.2 6.4 41 13.8 12.0 180 4 307.3 308.7 291.5 329.0 7.12 5 800 2041 17.3 -1.4 28 18.7 7.5 189 14 309.6 310.4 289.7 323.1 4.32 6 750 2587 13.1 -2.8 33 15.9 5.1 183 9 310.8 311.6 289.9 323.9 4.15 7 700 3162 8.5 -1.6 49 10.1 3.2 147 2 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.86 8 650 3769 3.4 -3.6 60 7.0 -0.0 61 4 312.8 313.7 290.9 327.1 4.51 9 600 4412 -2.2 -6.9 70 4.8 -4.3 51 4 313.6 314.4 290.5 325.7 3.79 10 550 5096 -7.3 -11.3 73 4.1 -8.8 13 2 315.5 316.0 290.3 325.0 2.93 11 500 5832 -11.9 -23.5 38 11.5 -15.0 291 3 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.4 1.15 12 450 6629 -17.2 -37.7 15 20.5 -20.7 280 10 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.33 13 400 7501 -23.2 -28.3 63 5.0 -24.2 263 22 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.93 14 350 8465 -30.0 -36.1 55 6.1 -30.8 254 28 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.50 15 300 9544 -38.4 -46.5 42 8.2 -39.0 262 33 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.20 16 250 10769 -49.1 -54.5 53 5.4 -49.3 254 38 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.09 17 200 12208 -52.6 -71.4 8 18.9 -52.9 262 30 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14066 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 293 16 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16641 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 317 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.10 m Freezing level: 619.30 mb = 4163.53 m = 13659.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.59 mb = 3761.44 m = 12340.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.39 mb = 3192.50 m = 10473.95 ft T: 8.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 10.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.43 mb = 4155.65 m = 13633.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 28.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7175.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.74 mb = 3622.25 m = 11883.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -31.1 tot: -14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 3.01 m/s