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: 51.79,-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 84 1 950 539 2 900 1019 SFC 887 1144 27.2 7.8 29 19.4 15.1 156 5 310.8 312.2 292.8 333.9 7.50 4 850 1521 23.1 5.5 32 17.7 12.6 159 5 310.4 311.6 292.0 330.9 6.65 5 800 2044 18.0 4.5 41 13.5 10.1 160 5 310.4 311.6 291.9 330.8 6.61 6 750 2591 12.7 3.4 53 9.3 7.4 161 4 310.4 311.6 291.9 330.5 6.52 7 700 3165 8.5 -2.6 45 11.1 2.8 19 6 311.9 312.7 290.6 326.0 4.50 8 650 3772 3.6 -8.1 42 11.8 -1.6 36 9 313.1 313.7 289.8 323.3 3.18 9 600 4415 -2.1 -7.3 68 5.2 -4.4 24 7 313.7 314.4 290.4 325.5 3.69 10 550 5099 -7.4 -16.2 50 8.7 -10.4 350 6 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.97 11 500 5835 -11.9 -36.3 11 24.4 -16.5 337 9 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.8 0.34 12 450 6630 -18.0 -38.6 15 20.6 -21.2 304 11 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.7 0.30 13 400 7500 -23.6 -50.1 7 26.4 -26.3 286 15 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.10 14 350 8463 -29.8 -42.0 29 12.3 -31.2 271 26 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 15 300 9543 -38.3 -45.0 50 6.6 -38.9 264 32 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.23 16 250 10768 -48.7 -53.3 59 4.5 -48.9 258 37 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 17 200 12210 -51.2 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.6 281 24 351.6 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14080 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 292 19 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16657 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 336 13 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.08 m Freezing level: 618.39 mb = 4178.68 m = 13709.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.99 mb = 3548.55 m = 11642.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.41 mb = 3555.66 m = 11665.40 ft T: 5.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.96 mb = 4010.99 m = 13159.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.12 mb = 3695.36 m = 12123.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.12 mb = 4400.08 m = 14435.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.12 mb = 8439.98 m = 27689.88 ft B at Equ Level: 187.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.12 mb = 11275.31 m = 36992.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 17.9 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -12.4 tot: -10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.56 Bulk Shear: 19.79 m/s