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: 51.79,-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 116 1 950 561 2 900 1037 SFC 889 1143 17.4 8.8 57 8.6 12.2 252 5 300.5 301.9 290.0 324.2 8.03 4 850 1534 21.5 6.7 38 14.8 12.6 201 6 308.7 310.0 292.0 330.9 7.26 5 800 2055 16.9 4.8 45 12.0 9.8 174 4 309.1 310.4 291.7 329.9 6.77 6 750 2600 11.8 3.4 56 8.4 7.1 148 3 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.5 6.51 7 700 3173 7.4 -3.3 47 10.7 2.1 65 7 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.2 4.29 8 650 3777 2.8 -7.7 46 10.5 -1.9 60 9 312.1 312.8 289.6 322.6 3.29 9 600 4418 -3.1 -10.7 56 7.6 -6.1 36 8 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.6 2.83 10 550 5101 -7.2 -26.7 19 19.6 -12.2 25 11 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.3 0.78 11 500 5836 -12.0 -36.4 11 24.3 -16.6 21 11 318.4 318.4 288.6 319.6 0.34 12 450 6633 -17.1 -44.7 7 27.6 -20.9 19 14 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.16 13 400 7503 -24.1 -45.2 12 21.2 -26.5 4 13 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.17 14 350 8462 -31.4 -50.8 13 19.5 -32.9 326 14 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.10 15 300 9535 -39.6 -54.3 19 14.7 -40.4 300 19 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10756 -49.0 -60.4 25 11.4 -49.4 295 24 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.04 17 200 12202 -51.6 -70.6 9 19.0 -52.0 289 20 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14070 -52.2 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.7 303 19 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 332 11 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.95 m Freezing level: 626.22 mb = 4082.07 m = 13392.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.28 mb = 3490.21 m = 11450.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.32 mb = 2243.92 m = 7361.87 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.80 mb = 3779.89 m = 12401.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 29.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.60 mb = 3235.77 m = 10615.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.60 mb = 4423.19 m = 14511.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.60 mb = 8470.23 m = 27789.12 ft B at Equ Level: 80.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.60 mb = 10250.60 m = 33630.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 64.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -24.5 tot: -24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.99 Bulk Shear: 26.98 m/s