MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 86 1 950 542 2 900 1021 SFC 893 1094 26.9 8.7 32 18.2 15.5 168 8 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.4 7.95 4 850 1521 22.4 6.6 36 15.9 12.8 171 10 309.6 311.0 292.2 331.7 7.18 5 800 2044 17.4 5.6 46 11.8 10.4 172 10 309.7 311.0 292.2 331.6 7.13 6 750 2589 12.0 4.2 59 7.8 7.5 173 10 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.0 6.93 7 700 3162 7.5 -4.2 43 11.7 1.8 161 5 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.3 3.99 8 650 3767 3.3 -14.4 26 17.7 -3.5 34 8 312.7 313.1 288.4 319.0 1.93 9 600 4410 -1.1 -21.0 20 19.9 -7.5 35 12 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.8 1.19 10 550 5096 -6.5 -17.4 42 10.9 -10.2 12 9 316.3 316.7 289.4 322.2 1.77 11 500 5833 -11.5 -19.3 53 7.7 -13.9 335 7 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.6 1.66 12 450 6632 -16.8 -24.2 53 7.4 -18.7 296 8 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.3 1.20 13 400 7506 -22.7 -27.1 67 4.4 -23.7 278 13 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.2 1.04 14 350 8472 -29.3 -32.4 74 3.1 -29.8 261 18 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.72 15 300 9554 -38.4 -41.7 71 3.3 -38.7 257 20 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10779 -48.5 -53.8 55 5.2 -48.8 254 25 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12221 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.4 274 28 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.00 18 150 14085 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 287 19 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16658 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 333 13 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.67 m Freezing level: 612.84 mb = 4244.66 m = 13925.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.05 mb = 3362.06 m = 11030.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.18 mb = 3360.53 m = 11025.21 ft T: 6.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.63 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.92 mb = 3829.82 m = 12564.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 28.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.58 mb = 3476.02 m = 11404.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.58 mb = 4696.51 m = 15408.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.58 mb = 8296.91 m = 27220.51 ft B at Equ Level: 129.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.58 mb = 11081.22 m = 36355.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.4 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 53.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -14.0 tot: -10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 37.97 m/s