MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 105 1 950 556 2 900 1033 SFC 894 1094 22.1 10.0 46 12.1 14.5 188 4 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.8 8.63 4 850 1532 21.6 6.5 37 15.2 12.5 186 10 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.7 7.13 5 800 2053 16.9 5.0 45 11.9 9.9 165 8 309.2 310.4 291.7 330.2 6.84 6 750 2598 11.8 4.1 59 7.7 7.3 151 8 309.4 310.6 291.8 330.4 6.85 7 700 3170 6.4 1.3 70 5.1 3.7 143 8 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.03 8 650 3773 2.2 -9.4 42 11.6 -2.7 66 8 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.7 2.89 9 600 4414 -1.6 -17.3 29 15.6 -7.1 44 16 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.7 1.64 10 550 5099 -7.1 -14.2 57 7.1 -9.6 28 13 315.7 316.1 289.8 323.3 2.32 11 500 5836 -11.6 -29.5 21 17.9 -15.7 9 10 318.9 319.1 289.1 321.3 0.67 12 450 6634 -17.0 -32.4 25 15.4 -20.0 325 9 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.56 13 400 7506 -22.8 -29.6 53 6.9 -24.1 282 14 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.82 14 350 8472 -29.8 -35.7 57 5.8 -30.7 274 20 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.52 15 300 9551 -38.4 -41.8 70 3.4 -38.7 271 23 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.32 16 250 10776 -49.3 -53.5 62 4.1 -49.5 269 26 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12217 -51.8 -77.8 3 26.0 -52.2 272 24 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 18 150 14079 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 296 18 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 329 11 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.23 m Freezing level: 621.16 mb = 4142.76 m = 13591.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.14 mb = 3512.35 m = 11523.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.78 mb = 2633.59 m = 8640.30 ft T: 11.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.70 mb = 3615.37 m = 11861.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.03 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.77 mb = 3289.63 m = 10792.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.77 mb = 4752.61 m = 15592.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.77 mb = 7418.55 m = 24338.78 ft B at Equ Level: 69.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.77 mb = 9669.48 m = 31723.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 76.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -27.6 tot: -27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 33.71 m/s