MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 117 1 950 565 2 900 1038 SFC 894 1093 18.5 10.0 58 8.5 13.3 275 4 301.1 302.7 290.7 326.7 8.63 4 850 1534 20.9 3.0 31 17.9 10.7 211 7 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.2 5.57 5 800 2054 16.5 3.3 41 13.2 9.0 162 7 308.8 309.9 291.0 327.5 6.09 6 750 2598 11.5 3.1 56 8.4 6.8 144 7 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.7 6.39 7 700 3170 5.9 2.0 76 4.0 3.8 138 7 309.1 310.2 291.3 328.5 6.31 8 650 3771 1.9 -9.2 44 11.1 -2.9 66 9 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.4 2.93 9 600 4413 -1.8 -15.6 34 13.8 -6.8 50 14 314.1 314.4 288.8 320.3 1.89 10 550 5097 -7.0 -21.5 31 14.4 -11.3 44 10 315.8 316.0 288.7 320.0 1.25 11 500 5834 -11.4 -38.9 8 27.5 -16.3 29 8 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.26 12 450 6632 -16.9 -43.4 8 26.5 -20.8 325 8 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.6 0.18 13 400 7504 -23.1 -35.0 33 12.0 -25.1 307 13 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.49 14 350 8469 -29.8 -38.7 42 8.8 -31.0 279 23 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.39 15 300 9547 -38.9 -44.8 54 5.9 -39.4 277 28 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.24 16 250 10768 -49.7 -54.8 55 5.1 -49.8 282 27 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 17 200 12212 -51.5 -75.7 4 24.2 -51.8 272 24 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14078 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 296 18 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16654 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 329 11 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.73 m Freezing level: 624.30 mb = 4101.10 m = 13454.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.53 mb = 3506.76 m = 11504.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.66 mb = 2185.12 m = 7168.96 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 8.74 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.18 mb = 3968.86 m = 13021.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: 2.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.28 C Cross Totals Index: 14.35 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7765.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.28 mb = 3389.72 m = 11120.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 53.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 83.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -43.7 tot: -43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 27.91 m/s