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: 51.79,-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 103 1 950 553 2 900 1031 SFC 889 1143 20.6 9.6 49 11.0 13.8 171 4 303.9 305.5 291.5 329.3 8.48 4 850 1531 22.4 5.9 34 16.5 12.5 167 7 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.8 6.88 5 800 2053 17.5 4.8 43 12.7 10.0 161 4 309.8 311.1 291.9 330.6 6.74 6 750 2599 12.2 3.7 56 8.5 7.3 152 3 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.4 6.67 7 700 3172 7.8 -2.1 50 9.9 2.8 44 6 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.9 4.70 8 650 3778 3.2 -7.3 46 10.6 -1.6 49 10 312.6 313.2 289.8 323.4 3.39 9 600 4420 -2.7 -7.6 69 4.9 -4.8 30 8 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.5 3.59 10 550 5103 -7.5 -24.0 25 16.6 -12.1 9 10 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.6 0.99 11 500 5837 -12.4 -30.3 21 17.9 -16.3 3 12 317.9 318.1 288.8 320.1 0.62 12 450 6633 -17.7 -43.1 9 25.4 -21.3 354 11 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.19 13 400 7503 -23.6 -48.8 8 25.2 -26.3 334 13 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 14 350 8464 -30.4 -35.0 64 4.6 -31.1 280 23 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.56 15 300 9540 -39.0 -46.7 44 7.6 -39.6 274 33 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.19 16 250 10763 -49.2 -55.5 48 6.3 -49.4 276 34 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12207 -51.7 -72.5 7 20.8 -52.1 283 23 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14073 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 294 20 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 339 11 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.27 m Freezing level: 622.89 mb = 4126.21 m = 13537.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.02 mb = 3554.76 m = 11662.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.38 mb = 2549.91 m = 8365.74 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 7.41 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.36 mb = 3860.61 m = 12665.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.81 C Cross Totals Index: 18.31 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.72 mb = 3412.72 m = 11196.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.72 mb = 4357.21 m = 14295.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.72 mb = 8367.59 m = 27452.39 ft B at Equ Level: 162.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.72 mb = 11171.21 m = 36650.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.5 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 50.5 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -12.7 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 24.19 m/s