MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 90 1 950 546 2 900 1025 SFC 893 1095 27.6 8.3 30 19.3 15.5 171 11 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.71 4 850 1525 21.9 6.1 36 15.8 12.4 174 15 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.4 6.94 5 800 2046 16.8 5.1 46 11.8 9.9 176 15 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.2 6.88 6 750 2590 12.0 -0.6 42 12.6 5.4 185 17 309.6 310.5 290.2 324.8 4.88 7 700 3163 7.4 -5.9 38 13.3 1.1 187 10 310.6 311.3 289.3 321.8 3.51 8 650 3767 3.1 -13.6 28 16.8 -3.4 46 3 312.5 312.9 288.5 319.2 2.05 9 600 4410 -1.2 -21.3 20 20.0 -7.6 41 9 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.6 1.16 10 550 5096 -6.4 -24.2 23 17.8 -11.4 32 5 316.5 316.7 288.7 319.9 0.98 11 500 5833 -11.2 -22.7 38 11.5 -14.5 317 3 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.6 1.23 12 450 6633 -16.7 -23.0 58 6.3 -18.4 290 6 322.2 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.33 13 400 7506 -22.7 -26.3 73 3.5 -23.5 282 11 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.4 1.12 14 350 8473 -29.2 -32.3 74 3.1 -29.7 252 16 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.72 15 300 9555 -38.3 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.5 243 20 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10781 -48.2 -55.4 43 7.2 -48.4 254 25 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 17 200 12220 -51.6 -78.9 2 27.3 -52.1 265 27 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.00 18 150 14081 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 286 19 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16658 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 318 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.53 m Freezing level: 614.17 mb = 4227.42 m = 13869.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.44 mb = 3310.13 m = 10859.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.85 mb = 3485.17 m = 11434.15 ft T: 5.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.94 mb = 3892.13 m = 12769.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.14 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 25.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.33 mb = 3503.60 m = 11494.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.33 mb = 5005.72 m = 16422.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.33 mb = 7757.67 m = 25451.37 ft B at Equ Level: 53.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.33 mb = 9408.10 m = 30866.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.6 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 211.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -41.1 tot: -24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.47 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s