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: 51.79,-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 85 1 950 541 2 900 1021 SFC 887 1145 28.0 7.8 28 20.2 15.4 172 7 311.6 313.0 293.0 334.9 7.52 4 850 1522 22.8 5.6 33 17.2 12.5 175 8 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.7 6.71 5 800 2044 17.7 4.5 42 13.1 10.0 177 8 310.0 311.2 291.8 330.5 6.63 6 750 2590 12.8 -1.3 38 14.0 5.4 187 7 310.4 311.3 290.3 325.0 4.65 7 700 3165 8.4 -2.3 47 10.7 2.9 179 1 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.3 4.62 8 650 3771 3.5 -5.8 51 9.2 -0.9 37 5 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.1 3.83 9 600 4414 -2.0 -7.8 64 5.8 -4.6 35 6 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.1 3.53 10 550 5099 -7.5 -11.3 74 3.9 -8.9 359 3 315.2 315.8 290.2 324.8 2.93 11 500 5834 -12.1 -28.0 25 15.9 -15.9 316 5 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.9 0.76 12 450 6630 -17.8 -42.7 9 25.0 -21.3 291 8 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.20 13 400 7500 -23.7 -35.0 35 11.3 -25.5 275 18 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.49 14 350 8463 -29.8 -38.3 44 8.4 -30.9 264 27 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.40 15 300 9543 -38.5 -44.3 54 5.9 -38.9 258 32 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 16 250 10768 -48.7 -52.8 62 4.2 -48.8 254 38 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 17 200 12209 -51.5 -71.4 8 19.9 -51.8 274 27 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14075 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 291 16 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16656 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 325 13 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.04 m Freezing level: 618.37 mb = 4178.09 m = 13707.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.28 mb = 3630.60 m = 11911.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.13 mb = 3644.82 m = 11957.92 ft T: 4.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.93 mb = 3997.80 m = 13115.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.46 mb = 3678.07 m = 12067.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.46 mb = 4513.72 m = 14808.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.46 mb = 8412.70 m = 27600.38 ft B at Equ Level: 181.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.46 mb = 11237.98 m = 36869.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -20.1 tot: -14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.12 Bulk Shear: 13.98 m/s